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References
This page brings together key laws, frameworks, guidance, NERPSA policy locations, training links, and staff resources that inform the induction and support informed early childhood practice.
Reference Library
Use Current Sources When Checking Information
This page provides a central reference point for the main laws, frameworks, guidance documents, NERPSA resource locations, and training links that inform the staff induction.
Staff are not expected to read every document listed on this page during induction. These references are included so staff can revisit key sources when they need to check, refresh, or extend their understanding.
Staff should always use current online versions of NERPSA policies, official guidance, and approved resources rather than saved, printed, downloaded, or older copies.
Frameworks
Law, Regulations, And Quality
National Law, National Regulations, the National Quality Framework, the National Quality Standard, and the Guide to the NQF.
Child Safety
Child Safe Standards And Reporting
Victorian Child Safe Standards, PROTECT, Reportable Conduct, mandatory reporting, and information sharing guidance.
Practice
Learning Frameworks And Inclusion
EYLF, VEYLDF, inclusion, cultural safety, gender equality, reflective practice, and meaningful participation.
How To Use This Page
During Induction
Use Links When A Section Refers To Them
Each induction section includes the most relevant links for that topic. Use this page when you want to understand the bigger framework behind the induction or return to a source later.
After Induction
Return Here For Future Reference
This page can support professional reflection, team discussion, PDP goals, service review, policy checks, training evidence, and questions that arise after induction is completed.
Required Induction Activity
Know Where To Check Current Information
Before completing the induction, take a moment to familiarise yourself with this reference page. You do not need to open every link, but you should know that this page brings together the key NERPSA policy locations, staff apps, training links, child safety guidance, and early childhood reference points you may need to return to later.
Optional Extension Activities
These activities are provided for staff who would like to extend their thinking beyond the required induction activity.
- Choose one reference from the child safety section and consider how it connects to your role, your service, and the way adults are expected to notice, respond, and speak up when something does not feel right.
- Choose one reference from the learning frameworks or inclusion section and identify one idea you could bring into a team discussion, program reflection, PDP goal, or service improvement conversation.
- Choose one NERPSA policy pathway or staff system listed on this page and consider when you would use it, who you would ask for support, and how it helps keep information current, accurate, and child safe.
Help Keep This Page Accurate And Useful
If you notice a mistake, broken link, outdated reference, missing resource, or wording that does not seem clear, please let HR know.
If you believe another law, framework, policy, guidance document, training resource, or practical staff resource should be added to this page, please let HR know so it can be reviewed.
Reference Library
Grouped References
Open References By Topic
The reference list has been separated into accordion sections. Open the topic you need and use the links as current reference points.
Law, Quality, And Governance
National Law, National Regulations, NQF, NQS, Guide to the NQF, and Victorian ratios.
Law, Quality, And Governance
National Law, National Regulations, NQF, NQS, Guide to the NQF, and Victorian ratios.
Education And Care Services National Law
Sets the legal framework for approved providers, service approvals, nominated supervisors, compliance, offences, and the operation of education and care services.
Open ACECQA National Law And RegulationsEducation And Care Services National Regulations
Informs required policies and procedures, staffing, records, supervision, health and safety, sleep and rest, medication, excursions, transport, safe arrival, complaints, and governance.
Open ACECQA National Law And RegulationsNational Quality Framework
Provides the national approach to regulation, assessment, rating, and quality improvement for early childhood education and care services.
Open NQF InformationGuide To The National Quality Framework
Supports interpretation of the National Law, National Regulations, National Quality Standard, approved learning frameworks, quality improvement, and regulatory expectations.
Open Guide To The NQFNational Quality Standard
Informs the Quality Area links throughout the induction, including educational program, health and safety, environment, staffing, relationships, family partnerships, and governance.
Open NQS InformationVictorian Educator-To-Child Ratios
Supports the supervision and ratios section, including Victorian ratio requirements and the reminder that ratios are minimum requirements.
Open Victorian Ratios
Learning Frameworks And Practice
EYLF, VEYLDF, learning outcomes, environments, curriculum, and reflective practice.
Learning Frameworks And Practice
EYLF, VEYLDF, learning outcomes, environments, curriculum, and reflective practice.
Belonging, Being And Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework For Australia V2.0
Informs play-based learning, belonging, relationships, identity, wellbeing, communication, intentional teaching, inclusion, critical reflection, and children’s learning.
Open EYLF V2.0Victorian Early Years Learning And Development Framework
Supports Victorian practice, family partnerships, equity, diversity, reflective practice, child development, and learning and development outcomes for children from birth to eight.
Open VEYLDFEYLF Outcomes Information Sheets
Supports staff understanding of learning outcomes, examples of practice, and critical reflection connected to the approved learning framework.
Open EYLF Outcomes SheetsEYLF Learning Environments Information Sheet
Supports content about environments that invite participation, challenge, confidence, play, and learning.
Open Learning Environments Sheet
Child Safety, Reporting, And Information Sharing
Child Safe Standards, PROTECT, Reportable Conduct, mandatory reporting, CISS, and FVISS.
Child Safety, Reporting, And Information Sharing
Child Safe Standards, PROTECT, Reportable Conduct, mandatory reporting, CISS, and FVISS.
Victorian Child Safe Standards
Provides the child safe framework for the induction, including cultural safety, governance, child voice, family engagement, equity, suitable staff, complaints, training, safe environments, review, and policies.
Open Child Safe StandardsChild Safe Standards For Early Childhood Services
Supports early childhood-specific child safe implementation and sector expectations in Victoria.
Open Early Childhood Child Safe StandardsChild Safe Standard 6: Suitable Staff And Volunteers
Informs recruitment, screening, onboarding, induction, supervision, probation, staff support, and child safe people management.
Open Standard 6 GuidanceChild Safe Standard 8: Knowledge, Skills, And Awareness
Informs staff training, recognising harm, responding to concerns, implementing child safety policy, and ongoing professional learning.
Open Standard 8 GuidancePROTECT Early Childhood Guidance
Supports reporting, recognising concerns, responding to disclosures, child protection responsibilities, and acting promptly when a child is at risk.
Open PROTECT GuidanceChild Protection Obligations In Early Childhood Services
Supports mandatory reporting, child protection obligations, reportable conduct, and information sharing content.
Open Child Protection ObligationsReportable Conduct Scheme
Informs content about allegations against workers and volunteers, internal reporting, external notification, investigation, and organisational responsibilities.
Open Reportable Conduct SchemeSocial Services Regulator: Report A Concern Or Allegation
Supports SSR notification information, including use of the secure webform for reportable allegations.
Open SSR GuidanceChild Information Sharing Scheme
Informs appropriate information sharing to support child wellbeing and safety.
Open CISSFamily Violence Information Sharing Scheme
Informs appropriate information sharing to assess or manage family violence risk and promote safety.
Open FVISSProtecting Children: Mandatory Reporting And Other Obligations Training
Supports Victorian early childhood PROTECT training expectations for early childhood professionals.
Open PROTECT Training
Health, Supervision, Emergency, Digital Safety, And Safe Environments
Active supervision, sleep/rest, emergency procedures, digital safety, food safety, sun safety, and child safety changes.
Health, Supervision, Emergency, Digital Safety, And Safe Environments
Active supervision, sleep/rest, emergency procedures, digital safety, food safety, sun safety, and child safety changes.
ACECQA Active Supervision
Supports active supervision content, including positioning, scanning, listening, anticipating risk, engaging with children, and ensuring safety while promoting learning.
Open Active Supervision GuidanceActive Supervision In 6 Steps
Supports practical supervision prompts: set up the environment, position educators, scan and count, listen, anticipate behaviour, and engage and redirect.
Open Active Supervision PosterACECQA Emergency And Evacuation Guidelines
Supports emergency procedures, evacuation, lockdown, risk planning, rehearsals, and staff understanding of emergency response expectations.
Open Emergency GuidelinesACECQA Safe Transportation Of Children
Supports content about transport, safe arrival, checking children in and out of vehicles, supervision, risk assessment, authorisations, and record keeping.
Open Safe Transport InformationACECQA Sleep And Rest Risk Assessment Template
Supports sleep/rest risk assessment, individual needs, environments, hazards, supervision, and monitoring.
Open Sleep/Rest Risk AssessmentSafe Sleep And Rest Practices
Supports evidence-informed sleep/rest practices to protect children’s safety, health, and wellbeing.
Open Safe Sleep And Rest GuidanceSafe Use Of Digital Technologies And Online Environments
Supports content about service devices, online environments, photographs, videos, authorisations, storage, destruction of images, digital risks, and children’s rights online.
Open Digital Safety GuidanceNational Model Code: Taking Images And Videos Of Children
Supports expectations about service-issued devices, personal devices, capturing images, storing images, child safety, and privacy.
Open National Model CodeDigital Devices In Centre-Based Education And Care
Supports personal device and service device expectations in centre-based education and care services.
Open Digital Devices Information SheetNQF Child Safety Changes
Supports updated induction content about child safety reforms, safe digital technologies, online environments, reporting, vaping, and strengthened NQS child safety expectations.
Open Child Safety Changes SheetDoFoodSafely
Victorian Department of Health free online food safety learning resource. It supports safe food handling knowledge and provides a certificate of completion after successful assessment.
Open DoFoodSafelySunSmart Online Learning Courses
SunSmart online learning for Victorian early childhood educators and other education settings. It supports sun protection knowledge and practice.
Open SunSmart Learning
Inclusion, Equity, Cultural Safety, And Participation
Inclusive environments, equity, diversity, cultural safety, gender equality, and respectful relationships.
Inclusion, Equity, Cultural Safety, And Participation
Inclusive environments, equity, diversity, cultural safety, gender equality, and respectful relationships.
ACECQA Inclusive Environments
Supports accessible environments, meaningful participation, belonging, engagement, positive relationships, and inclusive service design.
Open Inclusive EnvironmentsEYLF Equity, Inclusion, And High Expectations
Supports strengths-based practice, high expectations, and the right of all children to participate in high-quality inclusive early childhood settings.
Open Equity And Inclusion SheetEYLF Respect For Diversity
Supports cultural safety, diversity, identity, belonging, and respectful engagement with children and families.
Open Respect For Diversity SheetACECQA Welcoming Cultural Diversity
Supports culturally inclusive environments, participation, connection, family partnership, and responding to discrimination or barriers to belonging.
Open Welcoming Cultural DiversityRespectful Relationships In Early Childhood
Supports content about respect, equality, healthy relationships, resilience, confidence, and challenging gender stereotypes in early childhood settings.
Open Respectful RelationshipsOur Equal State: Challenge Gender Norms And Biases
Supports gender equality content, including awareness that gender norms, expectations, and stereotypes are created and reinforced early in life.
Open Gender Norms Guidance
NERPSA Policy Locations, Staff Systems, And Apps
Main service policies, staff policies and position descriptions, NERPSA App, and Students and Volunteers App.
NERPSA Policy Locations, Staff Systems, And Apps
Main service policies, staff policies and position descriptions, NERPSA App, and Students and Volunteers App.
Main NERPSA Service Policies
This is the current source of truth for NERPSA service policies and procedures. Use this page for policies that guide service operations, child safety, health and safety, supervision, excursions, delivery and collection, privacy, complaints, and related service requirements.
Open Main Policies PageStaff Policies And Position Descriptions
This is the Staff Resources location for staff-facing policies, employment-related information, position descriptions, and staff reference materials.
Open Staff Policies PageNERPSA App
Use the NERPSA App for staff links, document submission, availability, leave forms, onboarding resources, and other practical staff resources.
Open NERPSA AppStudents And Volunteers App
Use the Students and Volunteers App for student and volunteer induction, documentation, relevant information, and role clarity processes.
Open Students And Volunteers AppKeep Returning To Current Sources
This page is a starting point for future reference. When practice questions arise, use current official guidance, current NERPSA policies, and the appropriate NERPSA support pathway.