Advance your career in childcare and learn the skills to become a program manager or director of a children’s services centre. This course, delivered predominantly online, will develop your skills so you can provide specialist children’s services.

You will learn how to:

• manage child care settings and run services in early childhood education and care
• work intensively with clients with complex needs
• mentor and supervise other workers

Information sessions will be run for mid year intake during May. All interested students are encouraged to attend.

• Location:
  Footscray Nicholson, St Albans, Werribee and Industry
• Faculty:
  Faculty of Workforce Development
• School:
  School of Health and Community Services
• Study mode:
  Part Time
• Delivery mode:
  On campus, On-line Flexible, Industry, On-line, E-learning and Traineeship
• Course code:
  CHC60208
• Duration:
  1 year
• This information is for Australian residents.
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How to apply

• directors of children's services centre
• program manager within a children's services setting

Learn more about your career options on the Australian government's Career Information and Resources website.

This course aims to provide qualified children's services workers with advanced level management and leadership skills in early childhood education and care settings.

Compulsory Units

• Manage Innovation and Continuous Improvement

  Unit code

  BSBMGT608B

• Maintain Legal and Ethical Work Practices

  Unit code

  CHCCS502B

• Manage the Delivery of Quality Services to Clients

  Unit code

  CHCCS604A

• Lead and Develop Others in a Community Sector Workplace

  Unit code

  CHCORG611B

• Promote and Represent the Service

  Unit code

  CHCORG620C

• Provide Leadership in Community Services Delivery

  Unit code

  CHCORG624D

• Provide Mentoring Support to Colleagues

  Unit code

  CHCORG627B

Electives

• Support Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Island Families to Participate in Children's Services

  Unit code

  CHCIC302A

• Manage Complex Behavioural Situations

  Unit code

  CHCIC620C

• Manage the Organisation's Information Systems

  Unit code

  CHCINF604C

• Reflect on and Improve Own Professional Practice

  Unit code

  CHCORG428A

• Implement and Monitor Marketing Activities

  Unit code

  BSBMKG514A

• Manage Change in a Community Sector Organisation

  Unit code

  CHCORG610B

13 units must be selected for this qualification including:

• 7 compulsory units

• 6 elective units

A wide range of elective units is available and may include:

- Relevant electives listed below the compulsory units for this qualification – with some grouping to facilitate selection

At least TWO electives must be selected from the group of general electives

- Units of competency to address workplace requirements and packaged at the level of this qualification or higher in Community Services and/or Health Training Packages

- Where appropriate, to address workplace requirements, units of competency packaged at this level or higher in other relevant Training Packages.

• TAFE: not applicable
• Year 12: not applicable
• International: not applicable
• Mature: Applicants must have successfully completed the Diploma of Children's Services (Early childhood education and care). CHC50908. Written application or equivalent.