This interactive, face-to-face workshop supports early childhood services across Victoria to confidently implement the Victorian Child Safe Standards in everyday practice.
Delivered onsite by Making Education’s sector experts, the session unpacks the 11 Standards in plain language and helps your team understand their responsibilities, obligations, and opportunities to create safer environments for children.
Tailored to your service’s context, this workshop bridges policy and practice—supporting your team to reflect, discuss, and take meaningful action together. Whether you're preparing for an upcoming assessment or strengthening your existing approach, this workshop equips you with practical tools, real-world examples, and the confidence to lead a child-safe culture.
This workshop is designed for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services operating in Victoria, including long day care, OSHC, and family day care. It is particularly relevant for services seeking to embed the Victorian Child Safe Standards into daily practice, team culture, and quality systems.
Ideal participants include:
Approved Providers and Nominated Supervisors responsible for governance and compliance with the Standards
Centre Directors and Coordinators leading service-level implementation and staff development
Educational Leaders supporting reflective practice, curriculum links, and professional learning
Early Childhood Teachers and Educators working directly with children and families
New or transitioning services preparing for assessment or internal policy review
The Victorian Child Safe Standards are more than a compliance requirement—they’re essential to building safe, respectful, and empowering early learning environments. This workshop connects each Standard to the everyday work of early childhood educators and leaders, helping teams integrate child safety into both policy and pedagogy.
Key links to early learning practice include:
Relationships with children: Creating safe, trusting, and responsive interactions that uphold each child’s rights and agency
Curriculum and planning: Embedding protective behaviours, consent, and inclusion in learning programs
Professional identity: Supporting educators to understand their legal and ethical responsibilities in relation to child safety
Family and community partnerships: Engaging families and communities in culturally safe, transparent, and supportive ways
Leadership and service culture: Building a shared commitment to safety through collaborative leadership and reflective practice
The content also supports alignment with Quality Area 2 (Children’s Health and Safety), Quality Area 5 (Relationships with Children), and Quality Area 7 (Governance and Leadership) of the National Quality Standard, as well as the Early Years Learning Framework (Version 2.0).
Any early childhood education and care (ECEC) service operating in Victoria can book this workshop. It’s ideal for long day care, family day care, OSHC, and kindergarten programs.
We deliver across metropolitan Melbourne, regional centres, and rural communities. Travel fees may apply for locations outside metro areas, so please contact us for a quote.
Yes. While this workshop is designed for face-to-face delivery, we also offer a live online version via Microsoft Teams or equivalent. This is ideal for multi-site providers or services in remote areas.
Sessions typically run for 90 minutes depending on your needs. We can customise the duration and depth based on your goals and team size.
We customise each session to suit your service’s structure, team composition, and existing policies. This ensures the content is relevant, engaging, and actionable for your team.
Yes. The workshop supports alignment with the National Quality Standard (particularly QA2, QA5 & QA7) and the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 through its focus on relationships, safety, and leadership.
Yes. All attendees receive a Certificate of Participation to support their professional learning records and demonstrate commitment to child safety.
The flat rate for face-to-face delivery is $800 per session. Additional costs may apply for large teams or travel beyond metro Melbourne.
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Making Education acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first people of the nation and the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and play. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and families and recognise their continuing connection to Culture, Land, Water, and Community and we pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. Making Education celebrates and welcomes people from all cultures, religions, spiritualities, ages, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities & backgrounds and will ensure that all children and their families will be supported to express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights.
