Would you like to pursue a career where you can help children to develop socially and intellectually while caring for their needs? Are you enthusiastic and cheerful and enjoy interacting with children? Studying a TAFE SA children's services course may be your pathway to a successful and satisfying career working with children. There is currently a national shortage in this industry, and qualified children's workers are in high demand.

Children's services graduates can work with children from babies up to 12 years in a variety of areas, including:

• long day care
• occasional care
• family day care
• home care
• out of school hours care
• vacation care
• community settings, such as hospitals or women's shelters.

As a children's worker, you may perform a wide range of duties, including:

• caring for children's physical needs
• encouraging social interaction
• stimulating children's problem solving and intellectual skills
• helping children to develop their fine motor and gross motor coordination
• identifying children's abilities and interests
• planning and creating an environment and experiences which allows children to develop and enjoy life while feeling safe and secure
• responding to children's needs and changing circumstances.

Children's services courses are offered at the following campuses:

Clare
Croydon
Elizabeth
Gawler
Gilles Plains
Mount Gambier
Noarlunga
O'Halloran Hill
Panorama
Renmark
Whyalla

Does this sound like the pathway for you?

For further information, check out the courses in this area or contact TAFE SA Information.