Safeguarding Children Mandatory Training
Every year all Goodstarters must complete training ‘Safeguarding children: Together we prevent, identify, and respond to child abuse, neglect and harm’.
The training also provides supplementary materials, such as a storybook, learning and reflection journal and an extensive resource library on each topic including staff meeting activity packs and information sheets. Staff members also create a personalised learning plan utilising these additional resources to enhance their knowledge and capabilities.
In 2024, this initiative won Goodstart the prestigious Queensland Child Protection Week Award and finalist in the AITD Training Awards.
Safeguarding Responsibilities for Nominated Supervisors
One of our most important priorities is ensuring Nominated Supervisors (usually a Centre Director or another senior member of the centre team) clearly understand their safeguarding responsibilities. Our ‘Safeguarding Responsibilities for Nominated Supervisors' program provides a single reference point for centre leaders and includes helpful resources and practical examples.
With a 100% completion rate achieved for in December 2022, we’ve now embedded the knowledge in our induction program to ensure new Centre Directors are aware of these serious responsibilities when they start with Goodstart
This initiative won Goodstart the prestigious Queensland Child Protection Week Award in 2023