From 1 July 2018, the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (DCSYW) will phase in new standards outlining the minimum qualification expectation for all residential care staff working in Queensland. An implementation strategy will be developed with current service providers. The standards will take effect from 1 July 2018, with a six-month grace period while the Department work through transition issues with service providers.

Minimum Qualification Standards

New staff employed from 1 July 2018 must:

• hold or be working towards obtaining a recognised relevant qualification prior to
  commencing direct work with children and young people

New staff employed from 1 January 2019 must:

• hold or be working towards obtaining a recognised relevant qualification prior to
  commencing direct work with children and young people and
• complete the online Hope and Healing Framework Foundations Training prior to commencing
  unsupervised, direct work with children and young people

Existing staff (employed prior to 1 July 2018) must:

• complete the online Hope and Healing Framework Foundations Training by 31 March 2019
  and
• hold or be working towards obtaining a recognised relevant qualification by 31 December
  2019

As the 31st Dec 2018 deadline looms, we are very keen to support as many workers as possible to at least enrol to meet the requirements.

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If you are a Residential Care worker who requires a Certificate IV Qualification to continue working in the sector, you can complete the attached enrolment form below. We specialise in Rapid RPL for people in the Community Services Sector.
Once you have completed and returned you completed enrolment form with your ID (Drivers Licence and Medicare Card) and we have confirmed payment of a $200 non refundable Administration Deposit.
We will issue a confirmation of enrolment which will be sufficient to prove to your employer you meet the (Working Towards) requirements of the qualification requirements below.

Our Director of training David Bradford is a Former CSSC Manager and former director of training for the department and one of the driving forces behind the development of the staff in the OOHC and Resi sectors nationally.

For the last 8 years, DaV’ange has worked with 1000s of students and 100s of agencies to assist agencies to accredit their workforce through flexible multimodal programs that include, online learning, face to face instruction, workplace assessment and RPL.

DaV’ange Training Services have an impressive stable of industry experts, trainers and facilitators. Our lead trainer David Bradford is a former QUT Lecturer with 25 years experience in the Human Services Industry. He has been Director of 3 state government training colleges (Child Safety, Communities and Health) and has a keen understanding of workforce development. Our trainers have provided transformational learning to our clients through context aliased, insightful and energetic presentations and expert staff development activities. This diverse and talented team bring insight and experience to the classroom with significant impact. David is experienced in leading training teams to deliver a wide range of training to large numbers of staff across diverse and wide geographical areas. Our Training Services cover every state and territory as well as New Zealand.

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