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CHCPRT025 Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk (RTO ID 90842) - Self-Paced Online

  • NQS Areas
  • 2
    Area 2Children's health and safety
  • 5
    Area 5Relationships with children
  • 7
    Area 7Governance and leadership

Nationally-Recognised-Training-logo-(1).pngCHCPRT025 Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk is a comprehensive child protection course that provides training about identifying signs of abuse in children and young people, reporting requirements and legal obligations for early childhood professionals.

Study online at your own pace, with professional support available.

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Course overview

Approved providers in an early childhood education and care service have an ongoing responsibility under section 162A of the Education and Care Services National Law to ensure that nominated supervisors, staff members, and volunteers who work with children maintain current child protection training. In New South Wales, CHCPRT025 Identify and report children and young people at risk is recognised under chiild protection training government protocol as meeting this requirement. Click here for further information - Government protocol.

CELA's course is structured across six comprehensive modules, designed to provide a thorough learning experience. On successful completion, early education professionals will gain a clear understanding of child protection legislation in NSW, including the responsibilities of mandatory reporters, how to identify significant harm and key risk factors, and what is required to create and maintain child-safe environments.

All course materials have been carefully developed using current research, designed by education specialists, and tailored specifically for the early education sector.

You will learn:

  • Key concepts of child protection legislation, mandatory reporting and harm and abuse types

  • Detailed information about responding to disclosure and reportable allegations

  • How to support children and families who have experienced abuse and/or neglect

  • How to implement work practices that support the protection of children and young people

  • How to report indications of possible risk of harm

  • How to apply ethical and nurturing practices in work with children and young people

The course takes approximately six hours to complete, in addition to assessment tasks.

Note: Our information focus is NSW, but we provide relevant reporting information for participants from other states.

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CELA’s child protection training is very informative, and the platform is easy to navigate with all information needed to complete the training course.

Gemma, Director

Flexible learning
  • You can enrol into our self-paced, online course at any time that suits you.
  • Student materials and the relevant assessments can be accessed via CELA’s easy to use eLearning platform and resource library.
  • Modules contain a variety of materials to suit every learning style, including short videos, presentations and quizzes and a moderated discussion forum where questions will be answered by our sector expert. Additional facilitator support is available via email.
  • Language, literacy and numeracy support is available — email for quick response support from our team.
Important details

This unit has been written by CELA's team of child protection specialists including early childhood education and care professionals, early childhood teachers and family court professionals.  

Participants are marked competent in the related assessment task will be issued with a Statement of Attainment (SOA) for this unit. This SOA is Nationally Recognised. 

Duration: Complete the course in your own time and convenience. The course is divided into 6 modules and takes approximately 6 hours plus between 2-8 hours for assessments.

Submissions: Assessments are to be submitted via email upon completion. Assessment tasks are due 12 weeks from the last day of training.

Eligibility:  CELA RTO 90842 is not a CRICOS provider. We currently only accept enrolments of domestic students. We cannot accept enrolments from learners on student or visitor visas. Some temporary residency visas may be accepted depending on work and study restrictions. If in doubt, you should email assessments@cela.org.au before booking to check your eligibility. Students must be working (either paid or as a volunteer) in a registered children’s service to meet the assessment requirements.

Location: Online by accessing our dedicated online e-learning platform.

Please note: You will need to formally enrol in our student management system before commencing this course. A link to your electrocnic enrolment form will be provided to you in your booking confirmation email.​

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Why CELA

ECEC child protection experts

As a peak body for early childhood education, CELA brings deep sector knowledge, trusted expertise and a strong commitment to quality practice. Our professional learning is designed by experienced educators and subject matter experts, ensuring it is practical, relevant and grounded in current research and regulatory requirements.

We understand the realities of early education settings. That is why our training goes beyond theory, supporting educators to apply their learning in everyday practice and meet their obligations with confidence.

By choosing CELA, you are not just accessing training. You are connecting with an organisation that advocates for the sector, supports services to navigate change, and is committed to improving outcomes for children, families and communities.

CELA has been delivering child protection training as a Registered Training Organisation for over 10 years, and as a peak body for early education and care, we have been trusted by hundreds of services to educate their teams on this topic.

Your bonus

CELA's comprehensive child protection e-book

Our 117-page booklet walks you through every aspect of the course materials for easy reference once your webinar is complete.

Completion deadline

You have 12 months to fully complete this course from the month you have purchased it.  

The Department of Education (NSW) has advised that if you are a nominated supervisor or a person in day-to-day charge of a service and have previously undertaken and completed CHCPRT001, you will continue to be accepted as holding the appropriate qualification required to meet section 162A of the National Law. A list of current and previously approved courses can be accessed by clicking here.

6 hour contribution

Elective PD

Teachers may consider using this course towards their Elective PD hours, to maintain teacher accreditation requirements, in line with the Elective PD Guidelines. APST Aligned. This course aligns to Standard 4 (Create and Maintain supportive and safe learning environments) of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. CELA is a NESA recognised PD provider.

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You and the holder of the certificate will receive an email with the verification status.

Why should certificates be verified?

Students can apply for credit transfer for a unit of competency or portions of courses when enrolling in competency-based training in other RTOs. RTOs will verify the validity of these certificates to determine if the student is entitled to a credit transfer. This process can also apply to some university qualifications.

Employers (ECEC service providers) should include certificate verification as part of their recruitment process. This ensures that the certificates and qualifications presented are true, valid, and accurate. Certificate verification can be part of the implementation of child-safe standards (standard 5).

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