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Attention all ACCS members!
Take a look at your new exclusive member discussion board!
Read about the ACCS Submission and survey results for the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council Environmental Scan 2012 here
Community children's services celebrate the National Quality Reforms with Minister Peter Garrett
ACCS welcomes the release of the new National Regs
Read ACCS National Response to the Early Childhood Development Workforce Productivity Commission Draft Research Report Aug 2011
ACCS National Conference - Change and Leagership who's the ringmaster?
Friday and Saturday 18& 19May 2012
Novotel, Wollongong, Northbeach
More information here
Draft National Regulations April 2011 - the next stage of quality reform
ACCS has submitted a national response to DEEWR on the proposed National regulations. You can read the submission by clicking here
Productivity Commission Early Childhood Development Workforce Issues Paper 2011
ACCS has prepared a detailed response to the Productivity Commission Issues Paper looking at key recruitment and retention issues facing the children's services sector. You can download the submission here
ACCS' response to Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill (Dec 2010)
As the peak body advocating nationally for the right of Australia's children to access quality, not for profit, community services, ACCS offers our support to the Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill (2010). The Bill provides the opportunity to entrench the intent of key principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) into a separate statutory office which values children as citizens and holders of rights.To read the full submission, click here.
Concerning article re qualifications in the new quality system (Dec 2010)
ACCS was concerned by an article in The Australian where Minister Ellis talked about relaxing qualifications requierements. You can read ACCS' response "Letter to the Australian" here
Federal Election Nov 2010
ACCS ran an election campaign advocating for the right of children to access high quality, not-for-profit community children's services.You can read what our election demands were and download our lobby kit 'Quality Children's Services Now!' on the Federal Election 2010 page
We also developed a Policy Scorecard comparing assessing the policies of major parties against ACCS demands, and you can download ACCS media statements regarding the major party policies here: Media Releases
Federal Budget 2010
There was some investment in children's services in the 2010 Federal Budget. Click here to read ACCS' media release
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