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The Residential Care Beginning Practice is a Top Up skills course run by the Centre for residential care workers, as a series of four-day workshops.

From 1 January 2018, all residential care workers providing direct care in a residential care home that is funded or delivered by the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) are required to hold or be undertaking, either:

• Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential and out-of-home care)
• Or; a recognised relevant qualification, plus completion of a short Top Up Skills course

Beginning Practice consists of the following four  Units of Competency:

1. CHCCCS009 Facilitate responsible behaviour
2. CHCPRT009 Provide primary residential care
3. CHCPRT010 Work with children and young people with complex trauma and attachment issues and needs
4. CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma-informed care

Beginning Practice is a blended learning course presently delivered via remote learning to residential care workers employed with providers of residential care services to young people. Enrolments for this course will be accepted via organisations only. For further information including the course brochure, enrolment procedure etc. Please contact  us at rto@cfecfw.asn.au or (03)96141577

              

                                                             Beginning Practice Course Schedule 2023

 

Workshop	Date	Enrollment closing date	Status
Workshop Feb 2023	Date: Feb 20, 22, 27 Feb & 1 Mar Time: 9.30am- 4.30pm	Friday 20th Jan	Closed
Workshop  March 2023	Date: 20, 22, 27, 29 March Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 17 Feb	Places Available
Workshop April 2023	Date: 17, 19, 24, 26th April Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 17 Mar	Places Available
Workshop May 2023	Dates: 22, 24, 29, 31 May Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 21 Apr	Places Available
Workshop June 2023	Dates: 26, 28 June 3 & 5 July Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 26 May	Places Available
Workshop July 2023	Dates: 17, 19, 24, 26th July Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 16 June	Places Available
Workshop Aug 2023	Dates: 21, 23, 28, 30 Aug Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 21 July	Places Available
Workshop Sept 2023	Dates: 18, 20, 25, 27, Sept Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 18 Aug	Places Available
Workshop Oct 2023	Dates: 16, 18, 23, 25 Oct Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 15 Sep	Places Available
Workshop Nov 2023	Dates: 20, 22, 27, 29th Nov Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm	Friday 20 Oct	Places Available

Get in touch with our RTO admissions department 

Phone: (03) 9614 1577

Email: rto@cfecfw.asn.au