Diploma of Childcare

Program Overview

This program provides comprehensive training in early childhood education and care, covering topics such as health and safety, environmental responsibility, diversity and inclusion, and curriculum planning. It prepares individuals for careers in children's services, including roles as authorized supervisors, center managers, and child care workers. The program emphasizes developing emotional intelligence, managing teams, and reflecting on professional practice to enhance the quality of care provided to children.

Program Outline

Outline:

Course Units:

• CHCECE041: Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children
> Focuses on monitoring and maintaining health and safety in various aspects, including individual health, hygiene, infectious disease, supervision, risk management, and incident and emergency management.
• CHCECE049: Embed environmental responsibility in service operations
> Involves developing, implementing, and evaluating a sustainability management plan to promote children's environmental responsibility.
• CHCDIV003: Manage and promote diversity
> Emphasizes evaluating and promoting diversity in the workplace, as well as contributing to the planning of diversity policies and procedures.
• CHCECE046: Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children
> Aims to promote inclusion and diversity, and to plan, implement, and monitor individual support strategies.
• CHCECE050: Work in partnership with Children's families
> Focuses on establishing relationships with families, connecting with the community, and promoting collaboration and information sharing to support effective education and care for children.
• BSBPEF502: Develop and use emotional intelligence
> Emphasizes developing and using emotional intelligence to enhance self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
• BSBTWK502: Manage team effectiveness
> Aims to lead teams in the workplace and actively engage with the management of the organization.
• BSBHRM413: Support the learning and development of teams and individuals
> Involves determining individual and team development needs and facilitating the development of the workgroup.
• CHCPRP003: Reflect on and improve own professional practice
> Emphasizes evaluating and enhancing one's own practice through reflection and ongoing professional development.
• CHCECE044: Facilitate compliance in a children's education and care service
> Focuses on facilitating legislative, regulatory, and National Quality Framework compliance in an education and care service.
• CHCECE043: Nurture creativity in children
> Aims to develop, implement, and evaluate experiences that nurture creativity in children through various activities such as construction, digital technologies, dramatic play, imaginative play, movement, music, and visual art.
• CHCECE045: Foster positive and respectful interactions and behavior in children
> Emphasizes developing guidelines that foster positive and respectful interactions and behavior, and monitoring and supporting children's learning, development, and wellbeing in this area.
• CHCECE047: Analyze information to inform children's learning
> Focuses on gathering and analyzing information about children's learning to inform practice.
• CHCECE042: Foster holistic early childhood learning, development, and wellbeing
> Emphasizes fostering and enhancing the holistic learning, development, and wellbeing of children from birth to six years of age.
• CHCECE048: Plan and implement children's education and care curriculum
> Involves planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum over time to foster children's learning and development.

Careers:

• Authorised supervisor (children's services)
• Centre manager (children's services)
• Group/team coordinator/leader (children's services)
• Child care worker
• Child development worker
• Children's services coordinator
• Children's adviser