EARLY CHILDHOOD COURSES
Olinga Learning Institute’s (OLI’s) mission is to empower the childcare sector by engaging experts to train service providers and staff with the required support, skills and knowledge needed to achieve excellence within their daily practices. We aim to provide educators and management with practical tools and strategies that can be implemented effectively to benefit all stakeholders in the process of achieving high quality education and care. All courses have been developed for the benefit of our children.
Contact us if you would like to put together a customised training package from our range of courses for either yourself or your team of educators. We are also able to deliver our courses and coaching sessions for your team at your centre.
ACCREDITED COURSES
HLTINFCOV001 – COMPLY WITH INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
This is an accredited COVID-19 infection prevention training course, as recommended by the NSW Government.
This course will enable your centre to better respond to COVID-19 risks in your centre and reduce transmission risk.
Blended delivery – Online and face to face.
HLTAID009 – PROVIDE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR)
This is a refresher First Aid and CPR training for childcare workers, educators and support staff working that work within an education and care setting who are required to respond to a first aid emergency, including asthmatic and anaphylactic emergencies.
Depending on numbers, the course can be delivered at our training facilities or in centre.
Face to face delivery or blended delivery available. Formerly HLTAID001 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
CHCPRT001 – IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to support and protect children and young people who are at risk of harm. This work occurs within legislative and policy frameworks and carries a duty of care responsibility.
This course is available face to face or online.
HLTAID012 – PROVIDE FIRST AID RESPONSE IN AN EDUCATION AND CARE SETTING
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to infants, children and adults.
Face to face delivery or blended delivery available. Formerly HLTAID012 – Provide an Emergency First Aid Response in an Education and Care Setting.
HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSES
EDUCATORS AND WELLBEING WITH SERVICE PRACTICE
This workshop is developed for educators and management to explore the importance of mental and emotional health of the staff within a service to ensure the quality of education and care in daily practice is maintained. Educators will receive tools and strategies that will allow respite for service staff without compromising ratios.
This course is available face to face or online.
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY
Supervision – Excursions and Risk assessment. This workshop is designed to facilitate early childhood educators and staff to update their knowledge in relation to workplace health and safety and current regulatory requirements to ensure the health and safety of all stakeholders are upheld within daily practice.
This course is available face to face or online.
WHS REQUIREMENTS PART 1
This course focuses on the WHS requirements within the learning environment, daily checklist, documentation and duty of care.
This course is available online only.
WHS REQUIREMENTS PART 2
This course focuses on the WHS regulatory requirements for excursions including effective supervision of all age groups and risk assessment evaluation.
This course is available online only.
CHILD PROTECTION COURSES
CHILD PROTECTION SERIES – INDICATORS AND DUTY OF CARE IN DAILY PRACTICES
Educators will be trained to identify indicators of child abuse and aspects of emotional and behaviourial indicators that can be warning signs of abuse.
The series covers the legislative requirements and jurisdiction of educators as mandatory reporters. Educators will be trained on their duty of care requirements in daily practice to report child abuse indicators and what to do when they are not supported by management in relation to reporting.
This unit explores the types of abuse in depth including:
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Physical and sexual abuse
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Psychological and Neglect
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Family and Domestic Violence
This workshop is an extension of the unit of competence CHCPRT001 and is run over three workshops.
This course is available face to face or online.
CREATING SAFE ONLINE PRACTICES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
This workshop discusses the need for educators to have safe policies and procedures whilst engaging the idea of technology within the program and the planning cycle. Specific for all educators and supervisors in relation to preschoolers and school readiness programming.
This course is available online only.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EYLF
EYLF AND THE PLANNING CYCLE
This workshop explores the planning cycle and building of an effective learning environment with a child focused program while being informed of educators pedagogy.
This course is available online only.
SCHOOL READINESS AND AGE APPROPRIATE ROUTINES
This workshop is for educators and supervisors of preschool aged groups. It will address the effective pedagogical practices of intentional teaching. This workshop assists with understanding how school readiness can be implemented within the routine and what is age appropriate specific activities that can benefit the child developmentally according to curriculum requirements. This workshop explores areas of language development (speech variables, literacy and numeracy) as well as social developmental skills whilst working within the child focused play based learning environment.
This course is available face to face or online.
EMBEDDING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES INTO DAILY PRACTICES
This workshop is developed for educators and educational leaders to undergo a thorough understanding of how sustainable practices can be an integral part of daily practices whilst ensuring participation by the relevant stakeholders in the process.
This course is available face to face or online.
COMPLIANCE AND NQF COURSES
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND POLICY REVIEWS
This webinar addresses the effective practice of policy review processes and the involvement of stakeholders in developing and reviewing policies that are specific to the service philosophy.
This course is available online only.
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN – SELF ASSESSMENT PROCESSES
This workshop explores practical ways to achieve high quality practices within daily routines to meet the NQS standards. Educators will be able to explore effective methods of developing a Quality Improvement Plan that is solution based with ongoing, continuous improvement processes. This workshop will provide training for educators to understand the process of effective self assessment strategies and collaborative practices to build confidence to be prepared for assessment and rating season.
This course is available face to face only.
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT COURSES
INTERACTING EFFECTIVELY WITH CHILDREN
This workshop is designed to refresh educators on the importance of effective interactions during the daily routine. The participants will explore a variety of techniques that will help them to develop a firm and consistent strategy for establishing a learning environment based on nurturing the emotional development of children through spontaneous teachable opportunities. Through role play and case studies, participants will have a fresh perspective to maintaining positive relationships whilst promoting positive behaviour and seeing results.
This course is available face to face and online.
MEETING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES – KIDS WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS
This workshop explores and teaches practical methods of identifying indicators of additional needs in the early childhood environment. Educators will learn effective methods of building a learning environment to reflect inclusive practices to assist in the intervention processes of children with indicators of learning difficulties and those who are diagnosed.
This course is avialable face to face and online.
EMOTIONAL COACHING – BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT
This workshop explores the skills of building emotional intelligence and independence in children aged 2+. Educators will learn the practical steps and strategies for effective behaviour management strategies through the practice of emotional coaching methods and the language of feelings.
EXPLORING THE INDIGENOUS CULTURE
This workshop talks to the effective ways of embedding the indigenous culture within the curriculum and planning cycle. Connecting with the traditional custodians and elders of the community as part of curriculum and planning cycle.
This course is available online only.
PARENTING WORKSHOPS
EMOTIONAL COACHING AND BUILDING A RESILENT CHILD
This workshop is a value add that you can choose to offer to the parents of your centre.
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS
This workshop is a value add that you can choose to offer to the parents of your centre.
SCHOOL READINESS – TRANSITIONING KIDS TO SCHOOL
This workshop is a value add that you can choose to offer to the parents of your centre.
CONFIDENCE AND CHILDREN IN A SOCIAL MEDIA GENERATION
This workshop is a value add that you can choose to offer to the parents of your centre.