Training
Training at the Gowrie Training Centre
Training available through the Professional Support Coordinator includes sessions facilitated by specialist providers.
For the latest training news, and details about specialist sessons and presenters, view our latest Training Calendar or see our upcoming Mandated Notification Training
On-Site Training
Do you need training for your whole staff team on-site? We can help! The Gowrie Training Centre will develop and customise training to suit your specific needs and then deliver on-site for your staff team.
Some examples of on-site training include Behaviour Guidance, Programming, Managing Children's Extreme Behaviours, OHS&W and Working with Families and Staff.
This training is available to all services, Long Day Care, OSHC and Family Day Care. Family Day Care services are able to collaborate with other services in their area and organise sessions which will focus on their needs.
If you would like to organize some on-site training for you and your staff team, contact the Gowrie Training Centre and discuss your services needs.
Phone: 1800 129 606
Fax: (08) 8234 5850
E-mail: enquiries@pscsa.org.au
Mentoring
If you feel that you or a few members of your staff team could benefit from extension of training delivered at your service, mentoring is available. A member of the Gowrie Training Centre can work intensely with you either on-site or at the Training Centre.
If you would like to discuss this option in depth and feel that your service could benefit from mentoring, contact the Gowrie Training Centre on 1800 129 606.
Online Training
Some of the training sessions which are provided by Gowrie Training Centre are also available as an Online Training Package. Once you have completed this package, you will receive a certificate from the centre stating you have completed your training. Some current sessions available are:-
- Food Safety
- Staff Appraisals: Tools and Strategies
- For Directors: Sharing the Responsibility of QA
- Quality Assurance: What you need to know (for OSHCQA & QIAS)
- Family Day Care Child Protection Update
- Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect (Child Safe Environments) Refresher
More session will become available throughout 2009-2010.
To register for online training, complete a registration form and submit it to the Gowrie Training Centre. If you would prefer to pay by credit card, you can register by phone on 1800 129 606. Once payment has been processed, you will be issued with a username and password and instructions to start your online training course.
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