Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Workforce Professional Development – National Child Safety Training Grant

• Applicant must be an ECEC service currently approved for and receiving the Child Care Subsidy under Family Assistance Law. • Eligible service types include long day care, family day care, in-home care, centre-based day care and outside school hours care services. • Applications must be made by the service for eligible employees. • Eligible employees must be Australian citizens, permanent residents, or hold a valid work visa (including a student visa) allowing employment in the ECEC sector. • Eligible employees must be either contact workers or non-contact workers such as directors or educational leaders providing direct support, education, care or supervision for children. • Eligible employees must be full-time, part-time or casual employees who have worked more than 40 hours in the preceding three months with the service. • Stand-alone kindergarten or pre-school services not approved for and receiving CCS are not eligible. • Individuals are not eligible. • Registered training organisations or other entities seeking to use the funding to provide courses are not eligible. • Organisations, or project partners, included on the National Redress Scheme website are not eligible. • Entities already receiving state or territory funding for wage replacement or backfill for the same employee to complete the same training are not eligible.