The Victorian Government has introduced the Early Childhood Workforce Register (Workforce Register) as part of Victoria’s response to the recent child safety issues in childcare.
The Workforce Register will be delivered using the existing mandatory kindergarten data reporting system, Arrival, in this first phase of implementation. The Arrival system will expand the information and range of workers it collects data on through a 'census' model.
The Workforce Register applies to services that offer a funded kindergarten program and already use Arrival. It will require services to:
- record information in Arrival about all current employees at the service who have direct contact with children as part of their duties. This includes staff who do not work with kindergarten children (for example, staff working with zero to 2-year-olds), and non-teaching or educator staff who have direct contact with children (for example, cooks)
- provide a small amount of additional data on teachers and educators already registered in the system who deliver a funded kindergarten program.
Service providers who receive kindergarten funding must update the Early Childhood Workforce Register by Friday 29 August 2025.
Services need to enter this information for current employees only and will be required to update the Workforce Register quarterly. All casual staff employed by the service that have direct contact with children as part of their usual duties will need to be entered into the Workforce Register. Services will not be required to enter information on agency staff, third-party contractors or visitors in this first phase.
Further work is underway on the approach to other regulated early childhood education and care services, including long day care and kindergarten services not receiving kindergarten funding, outside school hours care, family day care as well as occasional care. Information about agency staff will also be collected quarterly as part of the next stage of implementation.
Find out more
For the latest information, including Frequently Asked Questions, refer to Early Childhood Workforce Register.
Guidance on how to update the Workforce Register is available in Arrival Help.
For technical support when updating the Workforce Register, contact the Arrival Helpdesk:
For further enquiries about the Workforce Register or Arrival, contact the Arrival Implementation team by email: arrival.implementation@education.vic.gov.au(opens in a new window)
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