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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 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 |
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