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Community Services, Health and Literacy Division

Children's Services (Central)

Children's Services (Central) team cover a broad spectrum of industry sectors and offer vocational training in children’s services, community services, education support and first aid.

Courses delivered by the team:

 

Children’s services: Children’s services provides training to use organisational policies, procedures and individual children’s profiles to plan activities and provide care to children, facilitating their leisure and play and enabling them to achieve their developmental outcomes.
Common names/search terms: child care assistant, nanny, recreation assistant, mobile playgroup facilitator, crèche coordinator, family day career, out of school hours care assistant, un-qualified child care work, foster career, family and community services worker

Education support: The Certificate IV in Education Support is a practically oriented course which will enable students who complete the program to provide support to teachers. Such as:

  • Inclusion support assistant
  • Teachers assistant
  • Education support worker
  • Part-time instructors
  • Governess
  • Tutor
  • Out of school hours carer
  • Sunday school teacher

Employment opportunities will be reflected in the units of competency chosen by the student. Electives may also be selected for individuals working in early intervention support or high needs settings.
Common names/search terms: inclusion support assistant, teachers assistant, education support worker, part-time instructors, governess, tutor, out of school hours care, sunday school teacher

Community services: This qualification is an entry pathway into community services work such as childcare, education support, out of school hour’s care, foster career, playgroup facilitator, etc.

Common names/search terms: foster carer, nanny, recreation assistant, mobile playgroup facilitator, un-qualified child care worker, volunteer, youth worker, aged care worker, disability carer and babysitter

Contact the team:

 

Team leader: Lyn Chick
Phone: 08 8946 6295
Email: 08 8946 6295
 
Customer service officer: Rachel Wicks
Phone: 08 8946 7519
Email: cses@cdu.edu.au
 
Campus: Alice Springs