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

Tender ID: 610093


Tender Details

Organisation:
Tender #:
GO8344  
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
7 April 2026
Closing Date:
3 July 2026
Closing Time:
05:00 PM (Australia/ACT)

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠The purpose of the Professional Development – National Child Safety Training grant is to provide support to ECEC educators, early childhood teachers and directors with five hours of time to complete the national child safety training.

Eligibility:

Only ECEC services currently approved for and receiving the Childcare Subsidy (CCS) under Family Assistance Law, including long day care, family day care, in-home care, centre-based day care and outside school hours care services, are eligible and can apply for their employees.

To be eligible for a grant the employee must be:

1. an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia or hold a valid work visa (including student visa) allowing employment in the ECEC sector; and

2. a contact worker - an educator who is part of the educator-to-child ratio at a Service or who provides direct early childhood education and care, or supervision for children in other care types, such as IHC or FDC; or

a non-contact worker – a director or educational leader who provides direct support, early childhood education and care, or supervision for children; and

3. a full-time, part-time, or casual employee who has worked more than 40 hours overall in the preceding three months with that Service

The Provider must not be:

· a stand-alone kindergarten service that is not approved for and receiving CCS

· a stand-alone pre-school service that is not approved for and receiving CCS

· an individual

· a registered training organisation or other entity that is seeking to use the grant funding to provide courses

· an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s website

· any entity that is already receiving any funding for wage replacement or backfill for the completion of the national child safety training activity for the same ECEC Employee from an Australian state or territory government.



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