Our union has welcomed new national reforms to strengthen child safety across Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector but warned further measures to reduce burdensome staff workloads are critical to safeguarding children.
Key reforms agreed to last week by federal, state and territory Education Ministers throughout Australia include:
- A national register of ECEC staff;
- A ban on mobile phones;
- Compliance through unannounced regulatory inspections;
- A trial of CCTV in 300 centres; and
- Mandatory child safety training to detect abuse and protect children.
