Additional Resources

Additional resources

Find here some relevant websites related to the current legislation, government support or children’s safety, among others.

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Useful Resources

National Law & Regulations

National Quality Framework

National Quality Framework
National Quality Framework supporting materials
Belonging, Being & Becoming. The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia. V2.0, 2022
Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia
My Time Our Place. Framework for School Age Care in Australia. V2.0, 2022.

Government Support

Child Care Subsidy calculator
Child Care Subsidy (CCS): assistance to help you with the cost of child care.
Child Care Subsidy (CCS): assists families with the cost of approved or registered childcare.
Child Care Provider Handbook
Raising kids: payments and services to help with the cost of raising a child. Information about child care and child support.
Starting Primary: learn about payments and services that can support you when your child starts primary school.
Centrelink

Nutrition

Nutrition Australia aims to promote the health and wellbeing of all Australians.
Australian Dietary Guidelines gives advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing.
Healthy Eating for Children
Munch & Move is a NSW Health initiative that supports the healthy development of children birth to 5 years by promoting physical activity, healthy eating and reduced small screen time.

Health

Asthma Australia
Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) is dedicated to helping individuals and carers alike in managing allergy and the risk of anaphylaxis.
Allergy Aware aims to provide people with information and practical resources to manage severe allergies in the school and children’s education and care settings.
Cancer Council NSW works towards a cancer free future.
Heart Foundation works to improve heart disease prevention, detection, and support for all Australians.
Diabetes Australia is the national body for people affected by all types of diabetes and those at risk.
Raising Children: provides parents and carers with free, reliable, scientifically validated information. This information helps parents and carers keep their children healthy and developing well.
Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
Staying Healthy (6th edition): preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services.
Breaking the chain of infection
Bacterial infections
Exclusion periods explained
Public Health Units. NSW Government Health.
Healthy Mouths for kids under 5
How to brush your child’s teeth (0-6 years)
Top 10 oral health tips for babies and toddlers (0-3 years)
Top 10 oral health tips for preschool children (3-5 years)
Smoke from hazard reduction, NSW Rural Fire Service.
Protect yourself from bushfire smoke, NSW Government.
Current and forecast air quality, NSW Government.
Retail food trade wastewater, Sydney Water.
Factsheets, guides and policies, NSW Food Authority.
Standard 3.2.2A Food Safety Management Tools, NSW Food Authority.
Food Handler Basics training, NSW Food Authority.
Emerging Minds Learning offers free online training courses to support children’s mental health and wellbeing.

Transitioning to preschool and school

Transitioning to school
Useful tips and activities in the lead-up to Kindergarten.
Transition to school: information for early childhood education and care services. NSW Government-Education.
Strategies to support successful transitions to school. NSW Government-Education.
Getting ready for preschool. Guide to prepare your child for their preschool education.

Children's Safety

National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
Updating record keeping requirements to support child protection. From 1 October 2023, there will be new record keeping requirements under the Education and Care Services National Law and National Regulations.
NSW Mandatory Reporter Guide: if you have a concern about your child, use this decision tree to receive an outline about what to do.
ChildStory Reporter: supports mandatory reporters to decide how to respond to events and access the Mandatory Reporter Guide (MRG), if needed.
Interactions with children: ACECQA policy guidelines.
Interactions with children: Inappropriate discipline, ACECQA.
The NSW Child Safe Standards.
Embedding the National Child Safe Principles. ACECQA
Bravehearts is an Australian child protection organisation dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.
ChildSafe empowers organisations to prevent harm and abuse to children and young people.
Sun Smart program is dedicated to reducing skin cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality through a targeted prevention and early detection program.
Kids Alive community service program educates the public on five important steps to reduce the risk of preschool drowning.
Red Nose is Australia’s leading authority on safe sleep and safer pregnancy advice, and bereavement support for anyone affected by the death of a baby or child.
Child safe resources. The NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian produces a wide range of resources to help organisations learn about and meet legal requirements.
Kidsafe NSW is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the prevention of unintentional serious injury and death of children through education, advocacy and research.
Kidsafe NSW Nationally Recognised Training in child car seat (child restraint) and playground.
Child car seats
Children’s Safety Australia Inc: their mission is to maximise the safety and enhance the wellbeing of children and young people and encourage them to reach their full potential.
Car seats save lives. What you need to know about child restraints and booster seats.
Kids and Traffic. Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program, in partnership with Transport NSW and Macquarie University
Starting Out Safely. Victoria’s early childhood road safety education program.
NSW Government Communities & Justice: committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and protecting them from risk of harm, abuse and neglect.
NQF Design Considerations for Centre-based Early Childhood Education and Care Services in multi-storey buildings. ACECQA

Family Assistance

Additional needs at preschool
Starting Blocks, your first step into early childhood education & care.
Junction Neighbourhood Centre provides a variety of services and programs for local families and to support your family in diverse ways.
InfoXchange Service Seeker provides up-to-date information across a number of classifications including counselling, disability, education & training, family, and many more.
Parent Line NSW provides counselling, information and referral service for parents or carers of children aged 0 to 18 who live in New South Wales. Their service includes the Early Childhood Intervention Infoline, providing information and support about concerns about child development, disabilities and developmental delays.
Child development: find out more about individual agency programs and initiatives to support families in the first 2000 days of life.
Having children: find information and resources about having a baby, fostering or adopting a child and pregnancy and birth care, as well as health and safety, parenting resources, travelling with babies and young children, among others.
1800RESPECT supports people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence.
Australian Red Cross brings people and communities together in times of need.
Early Childhood Education. Information for parents.
AbSec is the peak organisation dedicated to the welfare of Aboriginal children, young people and families in New South Wales.
Gathered Here. Make a free will, safeguard your family’s future. Leave a lasting legacy for Amigoss, too.
Free Wills Online. Make a will and give instructions about what you would like to be done with your organs, or whether you would like your life to be prolonged or not, among others.