Healthy Habit Posters

Children’s Services central has released a new free series of posters designed to assist services in maintaining healthy habits in their services.

Designed by Network of Community Activities, the posters were created in response to enquiries from services about accessing suitable and attractive resources that reinforce positive healthy practices. The posters focus on three of the areas in the accreditation process: hand-washing, nappy changing and infection control.
 
The infection control poster includes handy reminder stickers to place in any location in the service as requiring special consideration for infection control. The posters and stickers will assist staff and families with visual reminders of procedures and have been distributed free to services in NSW with the Spring issue of Central.

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NSW Professional Support Plan May 2009

The Professional Support Implementation Plan is a comprehensive document that details the professional development and support that will be delivered to eligible child care services in NSW during 2009-2012 but specifically up to and including June 2010. Children’s Services Central has been contracted as the Professional Support Coordinator (PSC) in NSW by the Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and is funded by the Australian Government under the Inclusion and Professional Support  Program.

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Child Care Staff: Learning and Growing Through Professional Development

The publication, Child Care Staff: Learning and Growing Through
Professional Development, records some of the insights and innovative practices shared by participants from the report, Practice Potentials: Impact of Participation in Professional Development and Support on Quality Outcomes For Children In Child Care Centres, one of the first studies investigating the current context of Professional Development and Support (PD&S), from a national perspective. It draws on information published in the full report as well as records of unpublished case study interviews.

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• Download Practice Potentials: Impact of Participation in Professional Development and Support on Quality Outcomes For Children In Child Care Centres

Discrimination and Children's Services

This free resource provides a general overview of discrimination laws that apply in New South Wales and explains the concepts of discrimination, harassment, victimisation and vilification. The focus is on best practice and practical guidance for children’s services on operating a non-discriminatory service that promotes equal opportunity.

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Exploring Multiculturalism, Anti Bias and Social Justice in Children's Services

A resource by Miriam Giugni which offers an introduction to ideas that will assist staff in children’s services to think about the importance of multiculturalism in our everyday work and how this links to anti bias, equity and social justice.

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