Links
Useful information and links to relevant organisations and resources.
The websites listed below provide useful information, offer links to organisations and serve as valuable tools in research.
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDREN
- The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) – SNAICC is the national non government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
ACCREDITATION
- National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) – www.ncac.gov.au – NCAC administers Quality Improvement and Accreditation System for Long Day Care Centres, and Quality Assurance for Family Day and Out of School Hours Care.
- Must have policies – http://www.ncac.gov.au/policy_development/required_policies.asp#qias
ACCIDENT PREVENTION
- Kidsafe Australia – www.kidsafe.com.au – The child accident prevention of Australia.
ALLERGIES
- Anaphylaxis Australia – www.allergyfacts.org.au – Anaphylaxis Australia strives to raise awareness of life threatening allergy in the community and provides science-based information, resources and services to support children and adults living with anaphylaxis.
AWARDS, PAY RATES
- Office of Industrial Relations – www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au – OIR can help you to find information about pay rates and other conditions of employment that operate in NSW. This website contains information for employers and employees about the NSW industrial relations system.
CHILD CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- Child Care Management System (CCMS) – www.deewr.gov.au – A national child care computer system that provides details of child care benefit entitlements and child care supply and usage, to families, services and the government.
CHILD CARE BENEFIT
- Department
of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations – www.deewr.gov.au – DEEWR
administers Child Care Benefit and Family Tax Benefit payments.
CHILDREN’S SERVICES ORGANISATIONS
- Community
Child Care Co-operative (NSW) Ltd. – www.ccccnsw.org.au – Community
Child Care aims to assist in the process of building and maintaining
a strong children’s services sector in NSW by providing
resources, support and skill development opportunities for children’s
services providers.
- Early
Childhood Australia – www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au – ECA is the peak early childhood advocacy organisation, acting in the interests of young children, their families and those in the early childhood field.
- Network
of Community Activities – www.netoosh.org.au – Network
provides resources, support, training and advocacy to organisations
and individuals working with 5–14 year olds in NSW and ACT.
Network runs a number of special projects targeting services for middle childhood to strengthen and support recreation and leisure activities for school aged children.
- Lady Gowrie Child Centre of NSW – www.gowrie-sydney.com.au – Delivers and promote high quality and equity in services for children and their families
- Community Connections Solutions Australia – www.ccsa.org.au – CCCSA is a not-for-profit, non-government, membership-based organisation that supports the management of high-quality early childhood services and other community organisations.
- Occasional Child Care Association Inc NSW/National – www.occasional-child-care.com.au/contact.html
The occasional child care association is the peak organisation for occasional child care services in NSW.
- Mobile Resource Services Association of NSW Inc – www.mcsa.org.au – Mobile Children's Services is the peak organisation that represents mobile children's services.
- NSW Commission for Young People – www.kids.nsw.gov.au – The NSW Commission for Children and Young People is an independent organisation working with others to make NSW a better place for children and young people.
- Early Childhood Intervention Australia (NSW) – www.ecia-nsw.org.au – ECIA is an organisation of professionals and parents involved in promoting the interests of young children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families.
CHILD PROTECTION
- ACCYO – www.accyo.org.au – ACCYO is a National not-for-profit organisation that provides advice, training, resources and accreditation to assist organisations to safeguard children.
- NSW Department of Community Services – www.community.nsw.gov.au – The Department of Community Services (DoCS) is the leading community service agency in NSW and the largest child protection agency in Australia.
- Keep Them Safe – A
shared approach to child wellbeing
NSW Department of Community Services – http://www.community.nsw.gov.au
Department of Education and Training – http://www.det.nsw.edu.au
NSW Department of Health – http://www.health.nsw.gov.au
Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies – http://www.acwa.asn.au
Council of Social Service of NSW – http://www.ncoss.org.au
Human Services Net – http://www.hsnet.nsw.gov.au
CHILD SAFETY/COMMUNITY SAFETY
- Childsafety Australia – www.childsafetyaustralia.com.au – Child and community safety advice and information.
ENVIRONMENT
- NSW Early Childhood Environmental Education Network – www.eceen.org.au – ECEEN strives to promote and support education for sustainability. It does this by connecting early childhood services with information, resources and organisations within their community.
FAMILIES
- Families NSW – www.families.nsw.gov.au – Provides parents and carers with information on a wide variety of services for families in NSW, and how families can access them.
FIRST AID IN THE WORKPLACE
- WorkCover – www.workcover.nsw.gov.au – WorkCover NSW is a statutory authority whose primary objective is to work in partnership with the NSW community to achieve safe workplaces, effective return to work and security for injured workers.
FOOD SAFETY
- NSW Food Authority – www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au – The NSW Food Authority provides the regulation framework to provide safe and correctly labeled food.
HUMAN RIGHTS
- Australian Human Rights Commission – www.humanrights.gov.au – Human rights: everyone, everywhere, everyday.
IMMUNISATION
- Immunise Australia Program – www.immunise.health.gov.au – Information about immunisation and Australian immunisation standards, including translations of some materials.
INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS
- NSW/ACT Independent Education Union – www.ieu.asn.au – The NSW/ACT Independent Education Union is the union for Teachers and Teacher Directors who are working in community based or private child care centres in NSW – Long Day Care, Pre-schools and early intervention services with the exception of those centres which are run directly by local government. The union exists to assist its members in their work-place and to represent Early Childhood Teachers in their professional lives.
- LHMU: The Childcare Union – www.lhmu.org.au – The LHMU represents Childcare Workers who are not teachers.
- Department of Industrial Relations – www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au – Copies of all Child Care Awards can be found on this site.
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA
- Indigenous Australia – www.dreamtime.net.au – This site explores Indigenous Australia through storytelling, cultures and histories.
LAW ACCESS
- Law Access On-Line – www.lawaccess.nsw.gov.au – A free government telephone service that provides legal information, advice and referrals for people who have a legal problem in NSW.
LEARNING AND CARE INITIATIVES
- My Child – www.mychild.gov.au – Provides information to families and services about the Australian Government early learning and care initiatives and other issues that affect children.
LICENSING
- NSW Department of Community Services – www.community.nsw.gov.au – The NSW Department of Community Services licenses all children’s services in NSW.
MULTICULTURAL
- NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service – www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au – Provides information and services to assist health professionals to communicate with non English speaking communities throughout New South Wales. The NSW Department of Health funds the Service, and endorses the multilingual health information published on the website. There are over 450 publications on health in a wide range of languages and new publications are added regularly. Some multilingual resources produced by other services are also posted on this website and there are links to related websites.
- My Language – www.mylanguage.gov.au – MyLanguage provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages. MyLanguage is a partnership between the State Libraries of NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, and WA and the NT and ACT Library and Information Services.
LITERACY
- Early Words – ww.earlywords.info/materials.html – Early Words resources are designed to give parents understanding and practical advice to help their children on the road to literacy. Check out the link to the Western Sydney Aboriginal Early Literacy Project for Families.
NUTRITION
- Nutrition Australia – www.nutritionaustralia.org – Community-based organisation that aims to provide scientifically based nutrition information.
POISONS
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead – www.chw.edu.au – Children’s Hospital at Westmead constantly challenges the existing boundaries in paediatrics and child health by leading change and striving for excellence in clinical care, research, teaching and advocacy.
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Public Health Units – www.health.nsw.gov.au – The Public Health Division seeks to improve the health and well-being of people in New South Wales through approaches which focus on whole populations.
SUN PROTECTION
- Cancer Council NSW – www.cancercouncil.com.au – The Cancer Council offers resources and support to schools and communities throughout NSW to help reduce the risk of cancer and the impact of this disease.
WORKCOVER
- WorkCover NSW – www.workcover.nsw.gov.au – Works in partnership with the NSW community to achieve safe workplaces, effective return to work and security for injured workers.
- Worksafe Australia – www.worksafe.com.au – A leading National OHS advisory and information provider.