Children’s Services Central offers a number of online training modules. Some courses are FREE or a small charge of $11.00 applies. Details of the available courses are below. Anyone working in or with an interest in education and care services can register and complete these courses.
The courses have been developed to allow people with limited computer skills to easily move through the material with clear links and videos to help them understand the current and easily accessible information. Each course should take about one hour to complete.
Participants need to register for both free and paid courses to receive an invoice and confirmation details with your login code and password for access to the online courses. Participants receive a Certificate of Participation.
For participants that have booked into an online training course, and received their login code and password, you can access your course by clicking below.
Online courses currently available include:
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Recruitment of Staff – FREERecruitment is a time consuming and expensive process. This module provides an overview of the responsibilities and tasks necessary to recruit new educators and staff. |
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Defining and Packaging Your Business – Family Day Care – FREEThis module provides Family Day Care schemes' Co-ordinators and Carers with an overview of how to define and professionally package their service. Being able to effectively market a service is becoming increasingly important as more education and care services become available, and families gain more knowledge about the education and care sector. |
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Defining and Packaging Your Business – Out of School Hours Care – FREEThis module provides an overview of how to define and professionally package your service. Being able to effectively market your service is becoming increasingly important as more OOSH services become available. |
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Promoting Your Business – FREEThis module provides an overview of how to promote their service and align marketing activities to meet strategic goals. |
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Retention of Staff – FREEIt is important to highlight the benefits of retaining good educators and staff by creating a workplace where people want to stay. This module presents an overview of some different approaches and strategies to assist with maintaining staff. It covers the overall work environment and evaluating manager leadership styles in order to motivate staff. |
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Defining and Packaging Your Business – Early Childhood Centre Based Care – FREEThis module provides an overview of how to define and professionally package your education and care service. Being able to effectively market your service is becoming increasingly important as more education and care services become available, and families gain more knowledge about what to expect. |