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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 | Closed |
| Workshop April 2023 | Date: 17, 19, 24, 26th April Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm | Friday 17 Mar | Closed |
Workshop May 2023 | Dates: 22, 24, 29, 31 May Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm | Friday 21 Apr | Closed |
Workshop June 2023 | Dates: 26, 28 June 3 & 5 July Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm | Friday 26 May | Closed |
Workshop July 2023 | Dates: 17, 19, 24, 26th July Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm | Friday 16 June | Closed |
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