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bicultural inclusion support services
PSC NT is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to provide bicultural inclusion support to early childhood services to enable them to include children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CaLD), humanitarian refugee children and Indigenous children.
This program is called Bicultural Inclusion Support Services (BISS) and PSC NT subcontract the management of this program to Goodrun Solutions.
BISS provide the following support to early childhood services:
- assistance in communicating with families and children from diverse cultural backgrounds. This could include interpreting support, verbal translation of enrolment documents and the provision of key words and phrases to help communication with a child;
- assistance in understanding the cultural backgrounds, experiences and child rearing practices of a child and their family;
- cultural information to increase staff’s knowledge on the understanding of relevant cultural issues;
- training workshops relating to specific cultures;
- support with the implementation of culturally appropriate practices and an anti-bias curriculum;
- referral to professional development, inclusion support and resources through PSC NT and ISA’s;
- information about relevant community resources and services to support the inclusion of children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds; and
- bicultural advice and support to Inclusion Support Facilitators.
For further information regarding BISS support, please phone our Helpline on 1800 138 662 or visit our website http://www.goodrunsolutions.com.au/
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contact us
Address: 71 Coonawarra Road
Winnellie, Darwin NT
Postal: PO Box 41936
Casuarina, NT 0811
Support Line: 1800 138 662
Facsimile: (08) 8947 2884
Email: info@childaustralia.org.au
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