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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:
- CHCCCS009 Facilitate responsible behaviour
- CHCPRT009 Provide primary residential care
- CHCPRT010 Work with children and young people with complex trauma and attachment issues and needs
- 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 2022
| Workshop | Date | Enrollment closing date | Status |
| Workshop
Feb 2022 |
Date: Feb 14, 16, 21, 23
Time: 9.30am- 4.30pm |
Friday 14th Jan | Closed |
| Workshop
March 2022 |
Date: Mar 21, 23, 29, 1 Apr
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 18th Feb | Closed |
| Workshop April 2022 |
Date: Apr 4, 6, 11, 13
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 5th March | Closed |
| Workshop
May 2022 |
Dates: May 16, 18, 23,27
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 15th April | Closed |
| Workshop
June 2022 |
Dates: Jun 20, 22, 27, 29
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 20th May | Closed |
| Workshop
July 2022 |
Dates: July 18, 20, 25, 29
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 17th June | Limited Places Available |
| Workshop
Aug 2022 |
Dates: Aug 22, 24, 29, 31
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 22nd July | Places Available |
| Workshop
Sept 2022 |
Dates: Sept 19, 23, 26, 28
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 19th Aug | Places Available |
| Workshop
Oct 2022 |
Dates: Oct 17, 19 25, 26
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 16th Sept | Places Available |
| Workshop
Nov 2022 |
Dates: Nov 14, 16, 21, 25
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday 14th Oct | Places Available |
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