CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATIONS 2009 The Children's services Regulations came into effect of 25 May 2009 - heralding an era where OSHC and Family Day Care have been regulated for the first time in Victoria. Click here to go to our Regulations page where you can download a copy of the Regulations, and check out the DEECD website for more information.
CARE FOR BABIES CAMPAIGN Did you know that the unit on Care for Babies is only an elective in the Certificate III in Children’s Services?
This means that there may be graduates working in babies’ rooms that do not have the necessary skills to care for babies. Those of us with a commitment to high quality care must lobby our state training authorities to have Care for Babies made compulsory.
Click here to read and download the lobby kit ACCS has prepared to advocate that Caring for Babies is compulsory in the Certificate III in Children's Services.
COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO COLLAPSE OF CORPORATE CHILD CARE CCC has been actively supporting the community sector in their response to the collapse of corporate child care. We have been sending updates which can be downloaded from our response to the collapse of corporate child care page.
The latest information you can download is 'Eight Lessons for Community Service Providers' which has been created in light of information provided at the Due Diligence seminar held on 2 February 2009.
CCC has also posted some policy advice regarding submitting a non-binding EOI
For further information: Call 9486 3455 Freecall: 1800 177 017 SUBMISSIONS AND REPORTS CCC has still been busy responding to various consultations and Inquiries and most recently CCC submitted a response to the the National Human Rights consultation and the DHS consultation into a portable long service leave scheme for the community sector click here to read both of the submissions
You can also read CCC's submissions to the Inquiry into Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities emphasizing the importance of Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Services by visiting our Submissions and Reports page or by clicking here
Look for this logo as proof that a child care service is genuinely a not-for-profit community owned service.
CCC is the Professional Support Coordinator (PSC) for Victoria, click here to visit the PSC website
