PSCQ - Professional Support Coordinator Qld

Professional Support Coordinator Queensland (PSCQ)

PSCQ is a project of the Health and Community Services Workforce Council and is funded by the Australian Government to coordinate professional support for Queensland child care services eligible for the Child Care Benefit.

Previously, that role was managed by 6 different organisations throughout Queensland. PSCQ is now the central contact point for services to access innovative activities and support.

PSCQ operates on a regional decision making and capacity building model. Project Officers based in Brisbane and Townsville facilitate 13 regional Professional Support Networks (PSNs) that prioritise the professional development needs of workers in their area.

Click on the links below to find out about activities in your area.

1N. Brisbane North
1S. Brisbane South
2. Gold Coast
3. Logan Redlands
4. Ipswich
5. Moreton Bay
6. Sunshine Coast

7. South West QLD Darling Downs
8. Wide Bay Burnett
9. Central West Fitzroy
10. Mackay
11. North QLD
12. North West QLD
13. Far North QLD

PSCQ initially surveyed child care services and developed an implementation plan that guided professional support over the project funding period that concluded late 2008.

Services can also offer their professional support priorities by contacting their local PSN. These priorities will feed into the professional support plans that networks develop for each region. The plans are based on the collective priorities of the region to determine what professional support is offered.

Membership to PSCQ is essential to access some of the support available such as the Resource Library. For more information about membership or to become a member, sign up online (coming soon) or complete a membership form and post with a cheque or money order to:

Health and Community Services Workforce Council
PSCQ
Ground Floor
303 Adelaide Street
Brisbane Qld 4000

The Health and Community Services Workforce Council is the lead agency with responsibility for supporting and developing the workforce capacity within the health and community services industries.

We do this in partnership with individual organisations, through networks and coalitions of industry organisations, and collaboratively with peaks and other stakeholders within these industries and from other industries.

Our role involves working with industry, government, funding and research bodies to develop and formulate strategies that respond to the workforce issues faced by health and community services organisations.

PSCQ is a project of the Health and Community Services Workforce Council Inc. The Australian Government funds the Professional Support Coordinator initiative as part of the Inclusion and Professional Support Program.