Below is a list of contacts that may be useful to support your role in child care. For access to a more extensive resource collection, please become a member of PSCQ.

PSCQ'S FOOD SAFETY SUPERVISOR CLAIM FORM (as advertised in our March Loop)

Resources

Noahs Ark Resource Centre - www.noahsark.net.au

Family Day Carers & In-Home Carers Support Network - www.daycarer.com

Government Departments (Child Care related)

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - www.facsia.gov.au

Department of Communities - www.communities.qld.gov.au

National Childcare Accreditation Council - www.ncac.gov.au

Disability Services Queensland - www.disability.qld.gov.au

Peak Bodies

Health and Community Services Workforce Council

PSCQ is a project of the Workforce Council. This organisation manages many more projects for the Community Services and Health industries.

www.workforce.org.au

Early Childhood Australia - www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au

Family Day Care Association Queensland - www.fdcqld.org

Queensland Childrens Activities Network - www.qcan.org.au

Child Care Queensland - www.childcareqld.org.au

Community Services Employers Association - www.acsea.org

The Community and Disability Services Ministerial Advisory Council (CDSMAC) has funded the development of a new community services website and discussion forum.  The website, titled the “ Community Workforce Village ” is an important step in meeting staffing challenges, and building a highly skilled community services workforce to meet the needs of Australians now and into the future. 

The website and discussion forum has been developed as a public site open to government and non-government employers and the broader community and provides the community services sector with an open forum for sharing and exchanging ideas on workforce management strategies.  Sectors targeted include children's' services, child safety, disability services, juvenile justice and other community services.

The website and forum specifically target the community services workforce through:

• the sharing of resources relating to the challenges facing the community services sector;
• facilitation and learning across jurisdictions; and
• informal sharing of concerns and discussions regarding trailed solutions.

Please access the Community Workforce Village website at www.communityworkforcevillage.org and contribute to the discussion forum, network with other community service providers and access current research papers.

Other

Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union - www.lhmu.org.au

Inclusion Support Agencies

Inclusion Support Agencies employ and manage a network of specialist workers, known as Inclusion Support Facilitators to work directly with eligible child care services to help include children with additional needs such as children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, children with a disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Indigenous Professional Support Unit

Indigenous Professional Support Units help Indigenous-run eligible child care services to get advice and support that meets their specific needs - www.ipsu.com.au

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