Professional Development

This course supports services to meet their obligations under the National Quality Framework (NQF) by strengthening educator knowledge, confidence and practice in recognising and responding to child sexual abuse.

This course provides learners with an overview of child sexual abuse in Australia, including its prevalence and impacts, and when and how to report concerns. Fully accessible for blind and low-vision learners.

This course provides a practical, evidence-informed framework for understanding children’s sexual behaviours within the context of development, relationships, safety and wellbeing. Learners explore how to recognise, assess and respond to children’s sexual behaviours while maintaining a child-centred, trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate approach.

This course provides learners with practical competence in preventing, recognising, responding to, and reporting child sexual abuse in child-facing environments. They support staff and organisations to meet their obligations under the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, moving beyond awareness to active child-safe practice. Fully accessible for blind and low-vision learners.

This course is designed to equip leaders and professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to create and maintain secure and nurturing environments for children within various organisational settings.

This focused learning module will equip learners with targeted strategies and child-safe recruitment practices to ensure the appropriate selection of staff and volunteers. Learners will gain invaluable insights to navigate child protection nuances in recruitment, fostering a culture of safety from day one.

This course will provide educators with the knowledge and skills required to use self-reflection as a tool to challenge personal assumptions, biases, and prejudices, and social norms and stereotypes, which may negatively impact the way in which they respond to child abuse or child sexual abuse trauma.

This course will refresh early years educators on the key areas of child protection, including understanding the indicators and impacts of child abuse and how to respond to disclosures.

This course will refresh those working with or supporting children and young people on how to prevent, recognise and respond to child sexual abuse in child-facing environments.