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Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS)

The Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) aims to assist professionals to better support positive child wellbeing and safety outcomes. It does this by enabling specified government agencies and service providers, known as Information Sharing Entities (ISEs), to share information about children (personal, health or sensitive information), their families or relevant third parties that will: 

  • Improve early risk identification and intervention 
  • Change a risk-averse culture in relation to information sharing
  • Increase collaboration and integration between child and family services
  • Support children’s participation in services.

ISEs include services that work with children and families. Find out which organisations fall under CISS on the Information Sharing Entities list

CISS training for education and care

Which training should you choose?

Training for the information sharing reforms, plus some Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) training, is available as free online webinars and eLearning courses on the Information Sharing and MARAM Online Learning System.

To enrol in this training, you need to create an account and log in to the online learning system.

Once you have logged in, select ‘education workforces’ tile.

Education workforces include staff in:

  • Schools
  • Kindergartens
  • Long day care
  • Out of school hours care
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  • Student Education Improvement Leaders (SEILs)
  • School nurses
  • Court liaison officers
  • Koorie support officers and Student Support Services staff.

Training hours count towards professional learning for Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration.

CISS resources for education and care

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