The Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) makes it easier for early childhood professionals to request and share information with other organisations to promote the wellbeing and safety of children.
To help you build and maintain trusting relationships with families in your community, we have made our CISS fact sheets available in 20 languages.
Use the fact sheets for support when discussing CISS with parents and carers from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.
The fact sheets were developed after extensive community consultation. They are designed to answer parents' and carers’ concerns and questions about CISS, including what information can be shared, how it can be shared and what their rights are under the scheme.
To access the fact sheets, refer to Child Information Sharing Fact sheet in your language.
The new translations build on our existing range of CISS resources, including:
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Understanding CISS will empower you to collaborate with other authorised services, such as schools, maternal and child health services, Victoria Police and child protection to:
- get the full picture of the children in your service
- identify issues or risks for children and families sooner
- ensure children receive the best support possible across services
- support children at key transition points.
If you are a registered early childhood teacher in a Victorian government-funded kindergarten program, we recommend enrolling in the combined Info Sharing and Child Link – Education training.
This free online training covers the information sharing reforms and the mandatory training required to join Child Link, a digital tool that is a key enabler of the reforms.
If you are not an early childhood teacher but you work in a different early childhood role, we recommended enrolling in information sharing training.
To learn more about the reforms and enrol in a course, log in to the Information Sharing and MARAM Online Learning System.
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For more information about the information, refer to:
For further enquiries, contact the Victorian Child Information Sharing Division by email: CISandFVIS@education.vic.gov.au
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