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The government has announced the second stage of its mandatory safety training for childcare workers will begin Friday, focused on preventing child safety concerns and detecting grooming. It follows serious safety breaches and a number of high-profile arrests of childcare workers in multiple states for the alleged abuse of children in childcare centres. The education minister, Jason Clare, says the first stage of training has been completed by 99% of early educators, which focused on staff conduct and reporting obligations. In a statement he said: Our early educators are the best asset we’ve got to keep our children safe.
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The government has announced the second stage of its mandatory safety training for childcare workers will begin Friday, focused on preventing child safety concerns and detecting grooming. It follows serious safety breaches and a number of high-profile arrests of childcare workers in multiple states for the alleged abuse of children in childcare centres. The education minister, Jason Clare, says the first stage of training has been completed by 99% of early educators, which focused on staff conduct and reporting obligations. In a statement he said: Our early educators are the best asset we’ve got to keep our children safe.