The Safety Centre is committed to providing current information and knowledge to assist parents and caregivers in providing safe environments for children through Safety promotion/Injury prevention practices. Throughout the year the Safety Centre conducts workshops including Parent, Childcare, and Health Practitioner Workshops. Workshops may also be tailored for groups such as family day care providers and carers, and community outreach workers. 

Parent Discussion Groups

Every year, many young children suffer serious injury in and around the home. The good news is that many injuries can be prevented. One of the most effective ways of protecting children from injury is supervision and creating a safe home environment.

Join us for our parent discussion groups to discuss simple ways in which you can reduce the risk of childhood injuries. These can include the removal of potentially dangerous items, adding safety products to your home, moving objects such as furniture, changing the layout of a room, and changing the way you go about your daily routine.

Course Duration:

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes including question and answer time.

Course Fee:

$5.00 per person donation
(Concession card holders are free)

Bookings:

For upcoming workshops and in order to secure your place please contact the Safety Centre. 
Bookings can be made as an individual or as a group (e.g. a parent's group). NOTE: Small babies in arms welcome

Please note that the Safety Centre reserves the right to cancel a workshop 3 working days prior to the event if the number of attendees is below the minimum (5). In this instance the Safety Centre will contact registered attendees to inform them of the change.

Childcare Workshops

Childcare workshops are tailored around and focussed on the childcare setting. The Childcare workshops can be scheduled at a time that best suits you. The sessions are held at The Royal Children's Hospital.

Course Fee:

$100 per group (regardless of numbers)

Workshop Dates for 2012:

please contact the Safety Centre to discuss a suitable time and date

Bookings:

To make a booking please contact the Safety Centre.

Transportation of children with additional needs has continued to be a significant issue for community professionals and to respond to this, the Transportation of Children and Youth with Additional Needs (TOCAN) partnership was formed.

For additional information on this workshop please contact the Safety Centre.

Please contact the Safety Centre for information on future Health Practitioner workshops or if you have a Safety topic in mind that you would like to see covered in more depth.