HEAS

This is the overarching course description / summary.

As a cook or educator working in long day care, you can affect the health and eating habits of children in your care.

By completing this training module you will learn:

• Why healthy eating is important for children
• How long day care services can help children develop healthy eating habits
• How to plan a menu using the Menu planning checklist for long day care
• How to deal with challenges such as food costs and allergies
• How the Healthy Eating Advisory Service can help you

This training module has been designed to take 45-55 minutes to complete. You can progress at your own pace and save and exit after each topic.

A certificate of completion will also be available for you to download once the training module and post module feedback has been completed.

Early childhood education and care service staff are in a unique position to support children's development and growth, and to promote good eating habits.

This module will give you the confidence to:

• introduce foods to children at your service in fun and engaging ways to help deal with food refusal and fussy eating 
• role model healthy eating to the children in your care 
• make healthy eating the ‘norm’ not the exception in your room 
• reflect on what your centre does to promote healthy eating 
• communicate your learnings back to your centre being a champion for change 
• promote healthy eating changes to the families at your service .

This training module has been designed to take 45 minutes to complete. You can progress at your own pace and save and exit after each topic. 

A certificate of completion will also be available for you to download once the training module and post module feedback has been completed.

These modules will provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to meet and maintain the requirements of the Healthy choices: policy directive and guidelines for health services, and therefore report compliance to the Victorian Department of Health.

There are four modules that you can complete at your own pace, and according to your needs.

The four modules help to build your confidence and knowledge of:

• the Healthy choices: policy directive
• maintaining health service support
• providing and promoting healthier foods and drinks
• bringing it all together.

Each module will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. You can progress at your own pace and save and exit after each module. 

A certificate of completion will also be available for you to download once the training course and feedback has been completed.

As someone working in outside school hours care (OSHC), you can influence the health and eating habits of children in your care.

By completing this training module you will learn:

• Why healthy eating is important for children
• How OSHC services can help children develop healthy eating habits
• How to assess and modify a menu using the Food and drink checklist for OSHC services.
• How to deal with challenges such as food costs and allergies
• How the Healthy Eating Advisory Service can help you

This training module has been designed to take 45-55 minutes to complete. You can progress at your own pace and save and exit after each topic.

A certificate of completion will also be available for you to download once the training module and post module feedback has been completed.

As someone working in a school canteen or food service, you can influence the health and eating habits of children by promoting healthy foods and drinks.

By completing this training module you will learn:

• Why healthy eating is important for children and adolescents.
• How healthy food services can benefit children and adolescents
• About the new School Food Services Policy and how it applies to you
• Strategies to make healthy menu changes
• Strategies to promote healthy food and drinks
• How the Healthy Eating Advisory Service can support you

This training module has been designed to take 45-55 minutes to complete. You can progress at your own pace, and save and exit after each topic.

A certificate of completion will be available for you to download once the training module and post module feedback has been completed.

There are many things that you and the staff in your food outlet can do to help your customers make healthy food and drink choices when they are eating outside of the home.

By completing this training module you will learn:

• Why healthy eating is important
• What the Healthy Choices guidelines are
• How to make healthy changes to your menu
• How to promote healthy foods and drinks
• How the Healthy Eating Advisory Service can help you provide a healthy food service

This module will take 35-45 minutes to complete. You can progress at your own pace and save and exit after each topic.

A certificate of completion will also be available for you to download once the training module and post module feedback has been completed.

*this training covers the general Healthy Choices guidelines, not the Healthy choices: policy directive for Victorian public health services. For tailored support in understanding and implementing the Policy directive please contact us directly.

Learn how to secure support and commitment from management to successfully implement the Healthy Choices guidelines.

This module will provide you with the tools and strategies to confidently engage with management to supply healthier foods and drinks in your organisation.

It includes practical tips and strategies, useful resources and interviews with CEOs and Healthy Choices implementors.

Key learning areas include:

• understanding the key decision makers in your organisation
• know your ask – what is it you are asking management for?
• writing a business case
• communicating effectively with management
• troubleshooting and negotiating barriers
• maintaining management support

It takes just 30-45 minutes, and you can save your progress as you go.

You can download a certificate after completing the feedback survey.