Plan Your Future Workforce Grant 2021

The contact person on the web survey must be the same person who registered in the Eventbrite information session. The name of the contact person and the name of the information session attendee will be cross-referenced to ensure the requirement to attend an information session to apply for the grant has been met.

When submitting the second phase of the application process in QGrants, the organisation’s authorised representative must submit this application. The organisation’s authorised representative for QGrants may be different to the contact person for the web survey.

Yes. Every application must include a completed workforce plan. The department will ensure each of the six elements mentioned in the optional workforce guide have been addressed.

You can start by checking the Starting Blocks website. If you need further assistance please call 3328 6687.

On the ABS website open the data cube for Statistical Area Level 2, Indexes, SEIFA 2016. Table 2 will provide you with your areas national IRSD decile.

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Yes. This funding should ensure that the educator is not disadvantaged in any way.

The funding can be used to pay for the educator's wages while they are on study leave. Therefore, an approved provider may wish to use the savings that the service accrues as a result of utilising funding for educator's study leave wages, to fund relief staff wages.

Yes, you can email the department on cmt@qed.qld.gov.au using the contact details available in the Funding Information Paper. Please note that departmental staff will not assist in writing the application.

Yes if this has been identified in the service's workforce plan as a strategy to support an educator to complete a legislatively required qualification.

Funding will be paid in a single instalment within one month of the scheduled start date of the service agreement.

The department will negotiate a service agreement with successful applicants to implement the activities and expenditure up until 31 December 2022. Organisations will be legally responsible for complying with the requirements and conditions of their service agreement.

Successful applicants will be expected to meet performance and financial reporting requirements that will be specified in the service agreement. Information about performance measures is provided in the Funding Information Paper.

Applications will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the Funding Information Paper based on the identified priorities.

Organisations need to be correctly registered in QGrants before they can submit an application. There are QGrants guides available on the department's website. Contact information is also included on the website. Please note that QGrants assistance can only be provided during business hours (i.e. 8.30am to 5.00pm) so organisations are strongly encouraged to submit their applications during this time and not leave it until the last minute.

The department anticipates being able to advise both successful and unsuccessful organisations in writing in April, once assessment and approval processes have been completed.

Feedback to unsuccessful organisations can be provided by the Director, Strategy, Innovation and Programs in the Early Childhood Education and Improvement Division of the Department of Education.

This grant should support the service not an individual person. The service’s workforce plan should outline the possible mitigation strategies if the staff leave the service.

Any funds over $300 that are not expended will be recouped by the department. However, the objective of the Plan Your Future Workforce grant is to increase skills and number of qualified staff in your service and across the sector. The funds can be used to support any educators who are studying an approved qualification or to increase skills in leadership development, build staff capability in inclusive practice, including embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives across the service.

This funding can be used for tutoring expenses for staff who are required to complete approved early childhood teacher qualification pre-requisite entry requirements or LANTITE testing; or those who may require study support to complete the approved qualification. The workforce plan should identify the support strategies that are needed to enable educators to gain approved qualifications, which may include numeracy and literacy support.

This is at the discretion of the service. However, a full staff register or staff schedule that the service is required to be maintained to be compliant with Regulations 145, 146 and 147 will satisfy the requirements.