Professional Support Co-ordinator South Australia

New Training Calendar Out Now (September 2008 - February 2009)

(Dial up users please note this file may take a few minutes to download)

The Inclusion & Professional Support Program (IPSP) is funded by the Australian Government and is an integrated and consolidated approach to meeting the inclusion and professional support needs of child care services across Australia. It is part of the larger Child Care Support Program and has been informed by the findings of the Child Care Broadband Review conducted in 2002-2003.

As part of this program a Professional Support Coordinator (PSC) has been engaged in each state and territory across Australia.

The Professional Support Coordinator for South Australia is the Lady Gowrie Child Centre (Gowrie Training Centre). The PSC plays a key role in providing eligible child care services and individuals, regardless of their geographic location within Australia, with access to quality inclusion and professional support that is relevant, appropriate and timely. In collaboration with the Department of Family, Community Servies and indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA), the Gowrie Training Centre has developed, and will continue to manage and monitor the delivery of professional support to all eligible child care services, Inclusion Support Facilitators and bicultural support workers, within state based regions. The Gowrie Training Centre has engaged Professional Support Service Providers (PSSPs) to deliver services in line with our Implementation Plan.

As the PSC for South Australia, the Gowrie Training Centre will undertake the following functions:

• Undertaking state-wide professional support needs analysis;
• Developing a Professional Support Service Delivery Implementation Plan that reflects the professional support national priorities and outcomes of the needs analysis;
• Engaging and managing appropriate service providers, and
• Conducting performance and financial reporting to ensure the Program objectives are being met.

How to contact us:

To access support, training, resources and specialist equipment contact the Gowrie Training Centre - Professional Support Coordinator SA:

Toll Free: 1800 129 606

Phone: 08 8234 5219

Fax: 08 8234 5850

Email: enquiries@pscsa.org.au

Within this website you will find:

Information on SERVICES available from the Professional Support Coordinator - Gowrie Training Centre including:

• Training - for quality assurance, relationships, enhancing children's development, leadership, behaviour guidance, mandated notification, OHS&W, cultural workshops, inclusion and much more......
• Advice and Support - for quality assurance, quality programming, management committees, governance, staffing, finances, wages and entitlements and much more...
• Resource Centre - providing books, journals, dvds, videos and more to enhance practice.
• Specialist Equipment Pool - for children with additional needs
• Bicultural Support Program - to assist with the introduction and transitions into care for children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds including refugee children
• Articles - focused on high quality practice and the latest theory and research
• Public forums - where practitioners can discuss current issues in children's services such as quality assurance, wage increases and a number of private facilitated discussion forums for directors, leaders and participants in specialised courses.

Upcoming TRAINING and special events including our online registration form and latest training calendar

PUBLICATIONS including the PSC Update Newsletter, Articles developed by Early Childhood Australia, Reflections magazine (Gowrie RAP publication) and other publications available for download

TENDERS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES available under the Australian Government's Inclusion and Professional Support Program. Tenders and funding opportunities include contracts available for organisations and individuals and conference sponsorship applications.

DISCUSSION FORUMS including a public formus open to all users of this website and secured discussion formus for participants, professional support service providers, contract trainers and more.

Updated 21/04/2007