Information sharing and Child Link help early childhood services support the safety and wellbeing of children.
Child Link is a digital tool that displays key information about the children enrolled at your service, such as a child’s participation in Maternal and Child Health Services.
E-learn modules and interactive webinars are available to help you understand the information-sharing reforms and how to access Child Link.
All services that offer funded 3-Year-Old and 4-Year-Old Kinder are highly encouraged to access Child Link.
Actively using Child Link may help you to meet your obligations under Child Safe Standard 8: Providing child safety training and support to staff and volunteers in early childhood services and the National Quality Framework.
Early childhood providers can nominate up to 3 Victorian Institute of Teaching-registered teachers and the nominated supervisor (PDF, 127 KB) as Child Link Users for each service.
To access Child Link, staff need to complete both Child Link and information sharing training.
Training in 2026
A new interactive webinar on Supporting Transitions: Child and Family Violence Information Sharing in Practice is now available. All early childhood professionals can take part in the training.
The webinar covers how information sharing and Child Link can support children during key developmental stages and transitions, such as moving from kindergarten to primary school. It also gives early childhood professionals the chance to ask a specialist facilitator questions.
The following e-learn modules are also available:
- Child Link User Training
- Information Sharing for Education Professionals
- Information Sharing and Child Link Training (combined) – Education Workforces.
To access the training, create an account on the: Information Sharing and MARAM Online Learning Management System.
Find out more
For more information, refer to:
- Child Link for Early Childhood Providers
- Information Sharing and Family Violence Reforms – Guidance and Tools
- Child Information Sharing Scheme
- Child Safe Standards.
For further enquiries on Child Link and information sharing training:
- phone: 1800 549 646 (Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm)
- email: cisandfvis@education.vic.gov.au
For support with Child Link access, contact the Child Link team by email: childlink@education.vic.gov.au
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