Professional Development and Training by Other Organisations

Learning processes encourage discussion and dialogue, diversity of voices and viewpoints, a strong commitment to advocacy, learner participation and non discriminatory access to learning

Centre for Community Welfare
Training (CCWT)

 

Other organisations as well as Children's Services Central provide professional development training. Check this section regularly for updates.

Community Child Care Co-operative

Community Child Care now provides a range of Nationally Recognised Training Courses (Accredited training), for staff working in children’s services. As a peak body that knows and understands children’s services, Community Child Care has designed all courses to acknowledge the realities of working in the sector. Many courses can be studied by distance education. All courses are designed not just to develop skills, but to earn a qualification that can help further the careers of you and your staff.

Visit Community Child Care's website for more information.

Network of Community Activities

Network is the peak body for OOSH services in New South Wales and provides a range of professional development opportunities for the OOSH sector. Network provides accessible and affordable training and community education opportunities through the development and delivery of professional training programs targeting people involved in children's out of school hours care, recreation and creative play.

Visit Network's website for more information.

NSW Family Day Care

NSW Family Day Care is the peak body for FDC services in New South Wales and provides a range of professional development opportunities for the FDC sector.NSW Family Day Care provides a range of professional development opportunities, information, consultancy support and advice to Family Day Care Schemes across NSW.

Visit NSW Family Day Care’s website for more information.

Gowrie NSW

Gowrie NSW provides high quality, responsive training to early childhood professionals throughout New South Wales. Their training includes in-service training. Professional trainers brings a combination of early childhood education experience and knowledge of adult learning techniques to each topic. A diverse range of sessions can be customised to suit your needs. Professional development training can be delivered at a location and time convenient for services. Sessions are scheduled in Sydney and surrounding areas as well as rural and regional locations throughout New South Wales.

Visit Gowrie NSW website for more information.

Learning Links

Learning Links is a non-profit organisation assisting children who have difficulty learning and offers a range of professional development for early childhood professionals. Presenters are experienced professionals drawn from the fields of education, speech pathology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, family counselling and pediatrics.

Visit Learning Link's website for more information.

Semann & Slattery

Semann & Slattery offer a range of customised professional learning programs and consultancy services to children's services professionals. Semann & Slattery has expertise on issues related to change, positive psychology, curriculum, leadership and organisational reviews, coaching and mentoring.

Visit the Semann & Slattery website.

Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT)

Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT), provides cost effective and accessible training opportunities for people working across the community welfare sector in NSW and with vulnerable children, young people and families in particular. CCWT is a Registered Training Organisation. Learning processes encourage discussion and dialogue, diversity of voices and viewpoints, a strong commitment to advocacy, learner participation and non discriminatory access to learning.

Visit CCWT's website for more information.

Kids and Traffic Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program

The Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program is part of the Roads and Traffic Authority's Youth, Community and Education Program and is a partnership between the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) and Macquarie University.

They provide free professional development workshops in road safety education for early childhood services. Come along and discover some fun new strategies for implementing road safety education into your program. Their workshops include:

  • Out and About: Safe Journeys with Kids
  • Starting School Safely
  • Road Safety Programming in an Emergent Curriculum
  • Road Safety for Family Day Care

Visit the Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program's website.

Where to now? Where to now?

 


Children's Services Central, Building 21
142 Addison Road, Marrickville NSW 2204 Australia
Toll free: 1800 157 818   |   Email: info@cscentral.org.au
ABN 81 174 903 921
Page last updated: 10 January, 2012