Description

This course is intended to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to perform tasks associated with working as a caregiver who provides services and programs to children up to the age of five years and their families outside Australia. This service provision could occur in a range of contexts including government, community, health or education settings and is guided by the tenets of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Participants will gain the skills and knowledge to
- Utilise children’s right to play as a foundation for supporting their holistic learning, development, and wellbeing
- Utilise verbal, non-verbal and interpersonal communication skills to work co-operatively with colleagues and establish partnerships with families
- Establish and promote environments that facilitate children’s health and safety
- Lead early childhood teams and oversee the implementation of internationally compliant and ethical work practices
- Design, implement and evaluate programs, including routines, transitions and environments, that promote children’s rights
- Undertake advocacy roles that recognise children as active, contributing citizens and promote their rights at a service, community and global level
- Enhance their own and others professional capabilities through reflection, review and research

Note this course is not an approved qualification as determined by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA). Under the Education and Care Services National Law the ACECQA publishes lists of approved early childhood education and care qualifications and information regarding regulatory requirements here: www.acecqa.gov.au.