This course will assist Early Years Educators, Organisations and Individuals to comply with their legislative requirements and meet duty of care obligations regarding Child abuse. 

This is the FIFTH level of our Essential Child Protection series. 

Course Cost:  Individuals cost $55 (including GST).  If you are part of a Service / Centre please contact us for multiple course discount.

Course duration: 1.75 hours

Pre-Requisites:  Level 1 - Legal & Practical Response to Child Abuse; Level 2 - Building a Protective Environment for Children; Level 3 - Early Intervention to Child Protection; Level 4 - Domestic & Family Violence and the Impact on Children

Meets following NQF requirements:

National Law & Regulations - Sections 162A, 167 (National Law)  &  Regulations 84, 168

• Section 162A - Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Act - Persons in day-to-day charge and nominated supervisors to have child protection training
• Section 167 in the Education and Care Services National Law Act requiring every reasonable precaution is taken to protect children from harm (child abuse is non-accidental harm);
• Regulation 84 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations requiring that all staff who work with children at the service are aware of the relevant current child protection law in their State/Territory;
• Regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations stating that all services must have written policies and procedures – which includes child protection policies and procedures.

Meets following National Quality Standards:

Quality Area 2 - Standard 2.2 

Learning Assessment: Multiple choice questions through the course.  No further study or assessment.

Certificate: Available for download at the time of successful completion of the online learning

Learning Outcomes of this course include:

• Definition of child abuse; 
• Types of child abuse; 
• Indicators of child abuse;
• Federal, State and Civil laws as pertained to child protection and civil liability;
• Child Protection requirements under relevant National Frameworks; 
• Reporting of child abuse; 
• Managing disclosures;
• Recording and documenting;
• Understanding of relevant State Child Safe Standards.

Course Description: You have now been doing Child Protection training with us for at least 4-5 years so it’s time that we had a look at the Types of Abuse and their Indicators again. Patterns of Abuse change throughout the years so it’s a good idea to refresh your knowledge and learn some new facts and information about types of abuse. It’s extremely important to be able to identify abuse in order to document and report it as required by various laws. This course will also provide Educators with important updates and refresh their requirements around law and duty of care to meet National Quality Standards. Upon successful completion, participants will be equipped with basic Child Protection skills sufficient to enable them to appreciate the importance of Child Protection, understand their legal obligations in relation to providing Child Protection, recognise indicators of child abuse, and notify concerns appropriately.

Further Training:

Level 6 - Identifying Grooming Behaviours

Level 7 - Advanced Child Protection Training for Educators

Courses for individuals cost $55 (including GST).  If you are part of a Service / Centre please contact us for multiple course discount.