Empowered to Protect: A Collaborative Approach to Child Protection and Child Safety

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. How to Use This Platform
2. Participant walk through video
  FREE PREVIEW
3. Agreement
4. About your facilitator - Briana Thorne
  FREE PREVIEW
5. FAQ
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. Keep in Touch with the Phoenix Team
2. Other Professional and Personal Development Opportunities

About this course

$48.00
15 lessons
1 hour of video content

Meet Your Facilitator

Senior Facilitator Briana Thorne

Bri is an experienced early childhood educator, leader, and professional learning facilitator with a Masters in Early Years Education and a career spanning classroom teaching, educational leadership, centre management, and regulatory work with the Victorian Regulatory Authority. Her philosophy places the child at the heart of every decision, and she brings warmth, deep expertise, and a genuine passion for high-quality early childhood education to everything she does. As a facilitator, Bri is known for making complex ideas feel accessible, practical, and genuinely energising.

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:

Clear and concise

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.

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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...

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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