Professional development

All of our programs are focused on giving children the best start in life and are delivered by our highly qualified Learning and Development team.

Our Learning and Development team are practising professionals within the Education, Nursing, and Early Years fields, with extensive clinical experience. 
 

The team delivers specialised training programs such as:

• Ways of Working in Early Parenting - Exploration of evidence-based ways of working with families in the early years that builds parenting confidence and capacity.
• Sleep and Settling Translation to Practice
  A 4-hour interactive workshop that includes a theory refresher and opportunity to practice the Victorian Sleep and Settling Model of Care in a simulation environment.
• The Parent-Child Interaction Scales for both Teaching and Feeding
  (Parent-Child Relationship Programs – the University of Washington Barnard Centre) 
  Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding / Teaching Scales is an evidence informed outcome tool that measures the quality of the Parent-Child interaction, which provides further support to enhance the Parent-Child interaction and relationship.
• Keys to Infant Caregiving
  (Parent-Child Relationship Programs-University of Washington Barnard Centre) 
  A research based educational program that provides essential information on infant and child behaviour, including information on cues, states, state modulation and the importance of the feeding interaction.
• Family Partnership Model
  (The Centre for Parent & Child Support and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute) 
  The Family Partnership Model is an evidence-informed framework designed for practitioners to be able to work in partnership with families, bringing awareness of the helper skills, qualities and communication skills required to facilitate an effective partnership when working with families.
• PlaySteps Program Facilitation
  Learn to facilitate the PlaySteps program in a 1-day workshop. PlaySteps is a parent / caregiver and child play-based program helping parent / caregivers to strengthen their relationship and interactions with their child whilst learning practical parenting skills and building local support networks

As well as the above core programs, the Learning and Development team can also tailor a professional development package to meet the needs of an organisation working in the Early Years sector.

 

The First University Early Parenting Course

Delivered in partnership with Monash University, we have developed the first university early parenting course that will provide students with the knowledge and skills required to work with parents/carers with children under 4 years of age in a range of settings.
 

QEC Maternal and Child Health Nurse EPC Development Program

Nurses looking to grow their knowledge, skills and confidence working with families can apply for our Maternal and Child Health Nurse Development Program. Since January 2018, QEC has offered Maternal and Child Health nurses an opportunity to be part of the QEC team for 24 weeks, working across four of our programs at Noble Park.

The four programs include Residential, Day Stay, Parenting Assessment and Skills Development Service (PASDS) and Assessment and Intake.

The QEC MCH Nurse EPC Development Program:

• Orientation
• Mentoring- formal and informal
• Education
• Reflective Practice
• QEC Professional Records- with all 4 programs
• Skills and Knowledge reviews
• Hands-on experience
• Rostered paid shifts
• Evaluation from participants

You can find extra information on the program here.

To enquire, please email Mel ([email protected]) or Deidre ([email protected])