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Practice Tools

VIC Child Protection Reporting Tool

This tool has been designed to support VIC early childhood education and care professionals to better understand their reporting requirements. It's intended for use alongside comprehensive training in child protection laws and reporting requirements. We recommend pairing this tool with CELA's CHCPRT025 course, "Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk, RTO ID 90842".

Developed: March 2026

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Legislative changes checklist - National and State-territory based

This checklist has been developed to help services understand and respond to recent legislative changes under the National Quality Framework and related state/territory legislation. The checklist includes legislative changes from 1st September 2025 to 27th February 2026. 

Developed: March 2026

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Suggested Questions for Reviewing Your QIP

This document provides suggested questions you can use to review your QIP in order to ensure there is an effective self-assessment and quality improvement process in place.

Updated: March 2026

Member News Editions

Member news 16 Mar 2026

16 Mar 2026
In this edition: Checklist - child safety changes now in force, Mandatory child safety training available now, CELA's relentless advocacy maintains momentum for fair wages in NSW community preschools, Education and care worker register, Join CELA as an early education specialist, ELEVATE - Early Education Online Conference, Plus more!

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Handover booklet: For nominated supervisors

This handover booklet is to support you in writing down all your knowledge so that you have the peace of mind and ability to delegate tasks. This document will also aid the service in ensuring a more seamless transition during a handover process.

Updated: March 2026

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Service device register

The service register records the information required by the Education and Care Service’s (Supply, Authorisation and Use of Devices) Order 2025 for service-supplied devices and the authorisation for possession or control of personal devices.

Updated: March 2026
    

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Personal Devices Authorisation Form

The purpose of authorising and recording this approval on the Personal Device Authorisation Form is to meet the conditions under the Education and Care Services (Supply, Authorisation and Use of Devices) Order 2025. This ensures strict control over technology use in early childhood education settings while still allowing flexibility for essential circumstances.

Updated: March 2026

Sample Job Descriptions

Administration Officer

As an Administrative Officer, you are expected to be an active team member of a team which provides high quality early childhood education and care to children. This includes all matters relating to administrative and financial nature of the service. 

Updated: March 2026

Sample Job Descriptions

Educator (Certificate III)

Service Educators are responsible for providing education and care for children enrolled at the service, consistent with our philosophy and curriculum, and according to the requirements of the National Quality Framework.
Educators work in collaboration with other educators, room leaders, the Educational Leader, the Nominated Supervisor and Approved Provider. 

Updated: March 2026

Sample Job Descriptions

Educator (Diploma)

Service educators are responsible for providing education and care for children enrolled at the service, consistent with our philosophy and curriculum, and according to the requirements of the National Quality Framework. 
Educators work in collaboration with other educators, room leaders and the Nominated Supervisor.

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Nominated Supervisor

The Nominated Supervisor is responsible for managing all day to day aspects of the service’s operations and provide leadership ensuring high quality education and care provision.

Updated: March 2026

Sample Job Descriptions

Educational Leader

This Educational Leader position description is to be used in conjunction with the sample Educator (Diploma) 
or Early Childhood Teacher (ECT) position description. The Educational Leader position description outlines 
the additional responsibilities specific to the educator appointed to this role.

Updated: March 2026