The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations will be conducting a National Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Census from 31 May - 30 July 2010.
The Department wishes to inform staff, management committees, families and carers of children attending services that information about the early learning and care workforce will be collected. All personal information about individuals and services collected in the National Workforce Census will be treated as confidential and will not be released in a way that enables individuals or services to be identified.
The National Workforce Census will collect the following information from child care services:
- details on children with additional needs
- access to pre-school programs
- staff demographics
- staff employment details and experience
- staff educational qualifications
- staff capacity
- employment experience/career aspirations
- job motivations.
For more information about this Census, call the National Workforce Census hotline on 1800 639 098, email National Workforce Census or go to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website from the link below.
