Prospective educators

1. Click on the blue button below for instructions on how to create a Plink account.
   
   

2. To complete a course, in Plink click on  https://www.plink.sa.edu.au/  

3. Once you have an account, go to Home to complete your online courses.  

 This course is for anyone who works or volunteers in education and care. It will help you better understand how to use the Protective practices guidelines.

The practices are part of how we can safeguard the emotional and physical wellbeing of children and young people. This training covers the basics of protective practices, including professional boundaries, and why we need them.

Learning objectives:

• refresh your understanding of appropriate professional boundaries in your role - the bigger picture

• increase your understanding of how to keep yourself and children and young people safe

• explore professional boundaries in specific work roles.

To complete this course, go your Home page, select Protective practices and then click the Register button on the right hand side of screen. 

Note: you will need to create a Plink account to view the training. If you have not created an account, see 1. How to register for Plink on this page. 

The Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education and Care known as the RRHAN-EC Fundamentals course covers topics that are sensitive and can be challenging. However, you must understand your obligations working with children. It is imperative you know how to help safeguard children and young people. 

In this course you will learn how to:

• recognise risks of harm to children and young people

• respond to risks of harm, including abuse and neglect

• report your reasonable suspicion that a child or young person is at risk

To complete this course, go your Home page, select Option 1, Fundamentals course and then click the Register button on the right hand side of page. 

Note: you need to create a Plink account to view the training. If you have not created an account, see 1. How to register for Plink on this page.

Collaboration between Family Day Care Australia and Early Childhood Australia

Currently free to prospective educators! Please follow FDCA membership form instructions, leaving the payment section blank, and email the Membership form to: education.fdcrecruitment@sa.gov.au.

The ‘Your home, your business’ learning resource aims to enhance the knowledge and confidence of educators in managing their family day care business.

Learners will be guided through a series of concepts where they can learn how to set up their family day care business, understand their responsibilities under the National Law and National Regulations and access information and support materials from Family Day Care Australia.

This learning resource aims to enhance the knowledge and confidence of educators in managing their family day care business. It has been developed as a result of feedback Family Day Care Australia has received from educators that managing the business side of their family day care can be a little challenging at times, especially when they are first starting out. 

Course is split into two parts:

Part 1 will explore how to get started in family day care, some business basics and how to promote and market your business.

• Discover how to get started in family day care.

• Explore a range of tips and business basics.

• Understand how to promote and market your business. 

Part 2 will explore how to manage your money, simple business administration strategies and how to build key relationships with stakeholders. 

• Discover essential money-management strategies and tools to support the effective management of your business.

• Explore a variety of business administration techniques and information to support you and your business.

• Understand why key relationships are essential in building your family day care business.

To support your learning in supporting health needs for children in Family Day Care (FDC) and Respite Care Program (RCP) regular online and/or face-to-face training is provided.

At other times a recorded session is available to support your learning.

Instructions

1.       Prior to watching the video recording, have the following either printed or available on your device to type into:

a.       slides handout

b.       scenario question sheet

2.       Watch recording, noting any questions or comments you have. The benefit of the recording is you can rewind and re-watch parts as needed.

3.       Email your supporting coordinator once you have successfully completed the session, attaching the following:

a.       copy of the completed scenario question sheet

b.       the questions and/or comments you noted while watching the recording.

As this is remote learning session, it is an expectation that your coordinator will have a follow up conversation with you about your learning. The questions you note will be good discussion points with your coordinator as you reflect on your learning and ask the questions not answered during the recording. This is also an opportunity for you to talk through the health needs of any children you know about.

4.       Your coordinator will make a time to go through your questions with you by either phone or during your next scheduled support visit.

5.       On completion of your successful learning outcomes assessed on your follow up visit/conversation with your coordinator you will be issued a certificate of participation.

6.       Congratulations on completing the supporting children’s health care needs in FDC & RCP session. Regular updates will be provided for you to maintain current knowledge to support children’s health needs.

DoFoodSafely is a free, non-accredited, online learning program provided by the Department of Health Victoria and proudly supported by Queensland Health, South Australia Health and Tasmania Health.

DoFoodSafely is designed to enable you to understand how to safely work with, and handle, food in commercial settings.

After reading through the seven topics below and answering practice questions, you will be ready to do the assessment and gain your DoFoodSafely Certificate of Completion – a certificate that is well- respected by the food industry across Australia.

All food handlers must have appropriate food safety and food hygiene skills and knowledge in line with the work they do. For some businesses this can be gained through induction into a food business, on the job training or may be gained through completing informal or formal food safety training courses.

The free, online DoFoodSafely training program is an example of a food safety training course and is available in multiple languages. When completed, participants will receive a certificate of completion to provide to their food business.

You can start the course by clicking on the Welcome to DoFoodSafely image below, or by clicking this link Home - DoFoodSafely 

Tell us how you would support children's health needs in the following scenarios (click below link)

Supporting children's health needs in FDC and RCP – Fill in form 

DoFoodSafely is a free, non-accredited, online learning program provided by the Department of Health Victoria and proudly supported by Queensland Health, South Australia Health and Tasmania Health.

DoFoodSafely is designed to enable you to understand how to safely work with, and handle, food in commercial settings.

After reading through the seven topics below and answering practice questions, you will be ready to do the assessment and gain your DoFoodSafely Certificate of Completion – a certificate that is well- respected by the food industry across Australia.

All food handlers must have appropriate food safety and food hygiene skills and knowledge in line with the work they do. For some businesses this can be gained through induction into a food business, on the job training or may be gained through completing informal or formal food safety training courses.

The free, online DoFoodSafely training program is an example of a food safety training course and is available in multiple languages. When completed, participants will receive a certificate of completion to provide to their food business.

You can start the course by clicking on the Welcome to DoFoodSafely image below, or by clicking this link Home - DoFoodSafely 

Safe Sleep for Early Childhood Educators Online Course $98.50

BEST PRACTICE, EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFE SLEEP AND SETTLING

Red Nose's Safe Sleep for Early Childhood Educators eLearning is based on the latest scientific evidence and developed by our experts to help keep the babies in your care safe.

This course is designed to introduce sleep safety, leaving you with a good understanding of how the Red Nose recommendations help to keep babies and young children safe.

In addition to keeping babies in your care safe, following the Red Nose Safe Sleep eLearning course will help you to meet your regulatory requirements as an educator, manager or nominated supervisor.

BEST PRACTICE, EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFE SLEEP AND SETTLING

You can start the course by clicking on the Safe Sleep eLearning image below, or by clicking this link Safe Sleep for the Early Childhood Educators - Red Nose Learning  

2026 Safe Sleep Practices for the Early Years Sector Online Course $25.00 with discount code DOEFDC25 

2026 Safe Sleep Practices for the Early Years Sector 

BEST PRACTICE, EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFE SLEEP AND SETTLING

About the course

About the course

This short course has been developed for professionals working in the Early Years Education and Care Sector.  It will provide a holistic response not only to safe sleep practices for young children but also healthy sleep practices. 

This includes information on approved equipment available to maintain a safe environment. It will also cover requirements and best practices in meeting those requirements by establishing and following protocols, procedures and policies surrounding safe sleep and rest practices - Including Regulations 84A-D (Sleep and rest) of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. 

You can start the course by clicking on the Safe Sleep eLearning image below, or by clicking this link Safe Sleep Practices for the Early Years Sector