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Considering a career change? Switch to aged care
For many who are working or have worked in a career in the care sector, it’s hard to imagine doing a job without a sense of purpose. Care careers ad...
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Creative ways to improve early childhood occupancy rate
Increasing occupancy in early childhood education settings is a priority for many childcare service providers. While the sector has been booming, attr...
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Assisting elderly residents to embrace technology
Throughout elderly people’s lives, technology has advanced dramatically. From breakthroughs that saw humans land on the moon, developments on the me...
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Selmar partners with Head Start for traineeship program
Providing a supported pathway to train in early childhood education and meeting the workforce needs of the sector. Selmar is excited to announce a new...
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eLearning: The future of learning online
Life has changed a lot in the last couple of years, to say the least. From masks to working from home, checking in at shops and cafes and periods of n...
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Easing back into the ‘new normal’
For many, especially in Victoria and New South Wales, pre-pandemic life seems a distant memory after almost two years of studying from home, working f...
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National Carer’s Week 2021
Each day across Australia carers are doing valuable work supporting those who are in need. This week is National Carer’s Week — the perfect opport...
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World Mental Health Day 2021: Self-care for learners and workers
An international day dedicated to raising awareness and promoting mental health education, World Mental Health Day takes place on Sunday 10 October. I...
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How to support children’s wellbeing
As early childhood educators, children’s health and wellbeing is always a top priority. Through the pandemic, mental health has been impacted for ma...
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Considering a career change? Switch to aged care
For many who are working or have worked in a career in the care sector, it’s hard to imagine doing a job without a sense of purpose. Care careers ad...
Read More
Creative ways to improve early childhood occupancy rate
Increasing occupancy in early childhood education settings is a priority for many childcare service providers. While the sector has been booming, attr...
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The importance of play, fun and adventure
One of the most critical ways a child learns and develops is through play. It goes without saying that playing is fun for children, but did you know i...
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Assisting elderly residents to embrace technology
Throughout elderly people’s lives, technology has advanced dramatically. From breakthroughs that saw humans land on the moon, developments on the me...
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Building partnerships with families
There are many elements involved when it comes to building and maintaining a high-quality early childhood education service. From effective recruitmen...
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Keeping aged care residents connected to loved ones
For many aged care residents, aged care workers – either in residential care or home care – may be the only people they have seen in quite some ti...
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Striving for National Quality Standard excellence among COVID restrictions
Early childhood education services have been impressive in their swift pandemic response, making vital changes to the way they operate when faced with...
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How educators can support children in an ever-changing environment
Since early 2020 Australians along with the rest of the world have been faced with dramatic and challenging changes to the way we live. The COVID-19 v...
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Home care and the changing face of aged care
For many ageing Australians, staying at home and living independently for as long as possible is a top priority. In fact, each year more Australians a...
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Leadership in the aged care sector
By Heleni Bagiartakis, Strategic Growth & Partnerships Manager at Catalyst Education As seen on LinkedIn, published 12 August 2021. It is unques...
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Saying thanks on Early Childhood Educators’ Day
Early childhood educators enter children’s lives at a crucial time, nurturing babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers to safely explore their own capabil...
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Royal Commission recommends Certificate III as minimum qualification
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety launched in 2018 with the purpose of reviewing aged care services in Australia. Earlier this ye...
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Health and wellbeing for personal care workers
Aged care and personal care workers play an amazing role in the lives of others; not only supporting their daily needs, but lighting up their days wit...
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Changing careers and finding meaning in the aged care sector
The career you choose, or fall into, when you first enter the workforce is probably not going to be the career you are in throughout your lifetime. Fo...
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Working in early childhood education: a smart career choice
We all want to find that dream career that doesn’t feel like work at all, but when you’re exploring career options it can be difficult to know whi...
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Boosting staff morale in challenging times
Life can be challenging at times, and perhaps for many the last 18 months have been particularly difficult. Staying optimistic when life seems to cont...
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Aged care – more than just a job
The average person is likely to spend around a third of their time at work over the course of a lifetime. Sure, this figure is approximate and will va...
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Lockdown ideas with young children
Whether you’re an educator or a parent or both, it’s likely that you will agree that young children and lockdown aren’t an ideal pairing. While ...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder in the elderly community
For some people the seasons have a greater impact that simply preferring one to the others. In fact, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) means that the ...
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COVID-19 Update – Supporting you through your learning
This communication is to provide our learners with an update on Selmar Institute of Education’s plan for managing your learning journey now and ...
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Skilling to make a difference in an essential sector
When you embark on aged care qualifications, you are not just training to get a job — you are training to make a difference. The impact quality aged...
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How to find a high quality online course
When researching online early childhood education courses, it can be confusing to know what to look for. It’s important to realise that while course...
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Supporting your team to upgrade aged care qualifications
It is said that any organisation can only be as good the people within it, and this certainly includes organisations in the aged care sector. A high-q...
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Combatting loneliness in aged care
For many elderly people living in residential care facilities or at home alone, loneliness can be overwhelming. In fact, the Royal Commission into Age...
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