About the Workshop

Child safety is a shared responsibility that requires a proactive and compassionate approach. Empowered to Protect provides educators with the foundational knowledge needed to create safer environments for children. Drawing on the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, this course delves into actionable strategies to protect children from harm and embed a child-centred culture within early years services and outside school hours services. Participants will gain insights into recognising and addressing various forms of abuse, equipping them to advocate for children's rights and wellbeing.

This course champions a holistic perspective on child safety, emphasising the importance of listening to children, engaging families, and upholding equitable practices that respect diverse needs. Rooted in evidence-based practices and legislative frameworks, it supports educators in fulfilling their duty of care while fostering environments where children feel heard, valued, and protected. The course is aimed to empower educators to have foundational knowledge to strengthen child safe practices. This course does not replace certified child protection training.

Participant Outcomes

Upon completing this course, participants will:

  • Develop a robust understanding of child safety principles and their application.

  • Be equipped to recognise signs of abuse and implement protective measures.

  • Build confidence in responding to and reporting safety concerns effectively.

  • Enhance their ability to create inclusive, safe environments that prioritise children’s voices and rights.

Course curriculum

    1. Wellbeing Notice

    2. Download Your Reflection Booklet

    3. Child Safety

    4. Mandatory Reporting in Australia

    5. Wellbeing Reminder

    6. Child Protection

    7. Child Safety and Protection Resource Library

    8. The Safety Cup Mind Map

    1. Get in touch with the team at Phoenix Support

    2. Other Professional and Personal Development Opportunities

About this course

  • $48.00
  • 15 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Meet Your Facilitator

Facilitator Briana Thorne

Briana is a passionate and experienced early years education specialist. Briana has worked across a variety of roles in early years education as an Early Childhood Teacher, Educational Leader, Centre Director, Area Manager, State Manager and General Manager. Briana’s passion for the highest quality education and care led her to work for the Victorian Regulatory Authority supporting and assessing services practices and quality through regulatory and Assessment and Rating procedures. Briana has her Masters in Early Years Education with a specialisation in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. Briana’s philosophy places the child at the heart of every decision, connection and action across early years settings. Advocating for children’s agency, embracing children’s voices and child-led educational programming and planning has been a long-held practice. As an experienced leader and mentor, Briana enjoys teaching and supporting educators and leaders to build strong, supported teams of professionals with a shared culture of growth, care and to enable teams to flourish together. With a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Performing Arts, Briana has a dramatic streak and her skills in documentation and the written word support her in providing engaging and high quality training. In her downtime, Briana enjoys filling her giant Connection and Mastery cups by spending quality time with her family, taking on yet another project or challenging herself to learn something new time and again.

FAQ

  • How do I get my certificate?

    To receive your certificate, you must click on 'Complete & Continue' on every page of the course. Once you've done this your certificate download button should come up in the top left corner of your course, where the progress bar is.

What people think of the course:

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Naomi Worland

The information given was in easy to understand language and was to the point. It was also put in an early childhood setting and made the information relevant.

The information given was in easy to understand language and was to the point. It was also put in an early childhood setting and made the information relevant.

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Protecting Children's Rights: Embedding Change for Childr...

Amanda R

I completed this course with a much more confident knowledge about what is the rights of children and how I needed to change my programming to ensure that al...

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I completed this course with a much more confident knowledge about what is the rights of children and how I needed to change my programming to ensure that all children are heard and included appropriately.

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