School Age Care Essentials - OSHC Essentials Part 1

Facilitated by Rarni Rothwell

The National Quality Framework including My Time, Our Place - the learning framework for school age care has raised the bar for educational program and practice in OSHC. This has supported the sector through enhancing professional recognition but at the same time, such recognition is challenged by the relatively low standards required in terms of qualifications for educators to work in OSHC with much of the workforce is not required to hold or be working toward any sort of formal qualification.  This workshop seeks to build the capacity of the OSHC workforce through developing the essential knowledge and skills required to be an effective educator on the job. It represents the bare minimum of things you need to know and be able to do and should be used in conjunction with YOUR SERVICES Policies and Procedure Manual. 

This 2hr online workshop is part one of a two-part series – The OSHC Essentials. It will support educators to consider why their role is so important and how they can capitalise on every opportunity it presents.  Educators will be provoked to think about:

• Family, School and Community Relationships - Your OSHC Context

• The National Quality Framework

▪ The Guiding Principles of the NQF

▪ National Quality Standard  

▪ Assessment and Ratings

▪ Approved Learning Framework

• Duty of Care

• Creating a Child Safe Environment 

▪ Interactions with Children

▪ Supervision

▪ Behaviour Guidance and Support

o Conflict Resolution

▪ Health, Hygiene and Safe Food Practices

o Cleaning and Sanitising

o Personal Hygiene

o Safe Food Practices

o Supporting Children’s Health Needs

▪ Risk Management 

o Workplace Health & Safety

o Managing Incidents and Emergencies

o Report Writing

▪ Managing Professional Boundaries

o Child Safe Practices for Educators

o Code of Conduct 

o Code of Ethics

▪ Child Protection

o Protecting Children is Everyone’s Business

o Conventions, Laws and Regulations

o Types of Harm and Grooming 

o Responding and Reporting

o Contact Information 

o Educating Children in OSHC