About RRACSSU | History
Providing training, information and support to Indigenous children and adults in:
Childcare Centres
Multifunctional Aboriginal Children’s Services
Crèches
Outside School Hours Care
in areas north of Elliott in the Northern Territory.
RRACSSU is here to give your service:
1. Support - On the job
Assisting staff with daily routines and discussing ideas as we go
Assisting the manager/coordinator with office duties, ordering, using computers/ cameras and printers, DEEWR reports, operational plans.
Doing activities with the children and staff to give staff new ideas.
Going on excursions and discussing travel safety, staff child ratios,
sing permission forms.
Creating documents with staff, e.g. how to use the printer/scanner/photocopier.
Cooking and recipe ideas, nutrition.
The management and importance of cleaning routines for the building and toys. Discussing with staff the use of appropriate cleaning agents.
RRACSSU also have a number of Activity Boxes for loan to clients.
Support is offered by:
Phone
Email
Fax
Regional Workshops
Clients visiting our office
Tele-conference link ups with all services
RRACSS Staff visiting services in their community
2. Training - Through workshops
In-service training with other services at a central place e.g. Batchelor, Darwin, Katherine, Nhulunbuy.
In-service training in the community in a quiet place away from the children
Non-accredited training for staff e.g. child development, team building, communication, child interactions, travel safety, programming, making stories (using English or the local language), using computers/IT equipment.
Consulting with your service for feedback on your training needs.
3. Information - On the job
Updates on what is happening with SNAICC
Providing resources
Any queries are discussed and followed up
We produce the following publications:
Newsletters
For Your Information sheets
For Your Information Programming Ideas sheets
Activity sheets
Some topics we cover are:
Funding
Ordering equipment
Licensing
Policies and procedures
Child development
Supervision
Activity ideas
Safety
Hygiene
Nutrition
Reporting
Health
Research
