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Volunteers face-to-face course: Responding to Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care

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Read more about the new course coming on 1 July 2021. There are no changes to current training until then.

The school principal will let you know how it works.

This is a specific child protection training course. It is part of a set of RAN-EC courses.

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Course details

Course type: face-to-face
Running time: 2 hours
To book in: talk to your local site leader

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Minimum requirements

Volunteers recruited by an education service

Approval from the local principal, preschool director or out of school hours care (OSHC) director.

This applies to any service run by the Department for Education, Catholic Education South Australia, or the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia.

Volunteers from other organisations

Approval from the organisation responsible for the volunteer.

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Suitable for

People volunteering at an education service  where there are children or young people.

Example roles this is suitable for

  • governing council members
  • preschool management committee members
  • OSHC volunteers
  • parents that volunteer in the canteen
  • kitchen garden volunteers
  • KickStart for Kids volunteers
  • United Way volunteers

Remember: this course is only suitable if you meet the minimum requirements.

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Not suitable for

If you’re not sure this is the right course for you, talk to your site leader or volunteer contact person.

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Endorsed by

This course is endorsed by:

  • the Department for Education
  • Catholic Education South Australia
  • Association of Independent Schools of South Australia.
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RAN-EC support and access to training

Technical support for online courses — Contact your organisation’s ICT helpdesk.

Other RAN-EC enquiries 

Contact your organisation: 

  • Department for Education — government schools
    Email: education.RANEC [at] sa.gov.au 
  • Catholic Education SA — for people working with Catholic schools
    Email: RANEC.HR [at] cesa.catholic.edu.au
  • Association of Independent Schools of SA — for people working or volunteering with independent schools
    Email: office [at] ais.sa.edu.au

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