Stepping Up to the Challenge by PSCWA

CHILD Australia's PSC WA is pleased to present "Stepping Up to the Challenge" - a course for new and existing managers to develop their skills in managing long day care and outside school hours care early childhood services.

The Stepping up to the Challenge course includes;
Session 1 Leadership;
In this session, participants will be introduced to the role of the leader, identify strengths and areas to focus on and discuss strategies for overcoming the diffi culties inherent in taking up a leadership position.


Session 2: Financial Adminisatration


In this session, participants will work through a range of strategies to assist the financial responsibilities of Manager’s in early childhood services and will gain a better understanding of fi nancial administration.

Session 3: Manage Administration through


Effective Time Management
In this session, participants will identify a range of strategies to be an effective Manager including learning effective delegation skills and time management in order to make the most of each day.

Session 4: Suppoting the Staff Team


In this session, participants will identify strategies to support the team of staff in an early childhood service to encourage cooperation within a professional framework.


Session 5: Meeting Legislative Requirements


In this session, participants will identify their legal responsibilities in terms of the Children and Community Services Regulations (2006) for their specifi c type of early childhood service, other relevant state, local and federal government legislative requirements and employer responsibilities.


Session 6: Maintaining a Professional Profile with Centre Clients


In this session, participants will consider how they communicate with parents and how to encourage greater parent involvement and appreciation of the quality aspects of their service. They will also learn how to effectively handle complaints and how to use complaints as a tool to improve their service. This sessionwill also focus establishing on-going support networks for the participants.




For further information about the sessions please contact PSCWA http://pscwa.org.au/getdoc/cd79c340-d1da-49dc-9540-03678aa8adb4/CA0023---PSCWA-Stepping-Up-To-Challenge-Flyer.aspx.


Please note that there are only 15 places available in this course. Bookings after the course has commenced will not be accepted.


Commencing the 19th October 2009
Time : 9:30am - 12:30pm (inclusive of all sessions
Venue: All sessions will be held at CHILD Australia
Address: 5 Carson Road, Malaga
Cost: $250 per participant