Family Day Care Services
NSW Family Day Care Association provides professional development, training, resources, associate membership, insurance options, support and advice to all Family Day Care services in Australia.
Assist program for all Early Childhood services
NSW Family Day Care Association has been supporting education and care services for the last 40 years. We know how complicated it is to operate a service.
And that is why we have established Assist! – the support program for education and care services. Assist is a support and advice program for education and care services. We have specialist experienced advisers that can help you when you need advice and support.
Think of Assist as the program that puts an expert on your team.
Professional Development and Training
NSW Family Day Care Association delivers professional learning that will assist Family Day Care services in delivering high quality education and care for children and families. Our training sessions reflect the following:
• Early Years Learning Framework
• My Time Our Place
• Education & Care National Regulations
• National Quality Standards
More information about all our training, including short courses, accredited training and customised training packages can be found with PEAK Training.
Family Day Care Insurance
NSW Family Day Care Association has an alternative insurance option for Family Day Care educators and service providers.
Through a partnership with Marsh Advantage Insurance, a tailored product has been created which includes:
- Public Liability Insurance
- Personal Accident for Children
- Personal Accident for Educators
Policies:
Ansvar Policy Information
NSW Family Day Care Association Educator Insurance Application
Service Provider Insurance Application
Broker Profile – Glynn Mullaney
If your insurance is up for review, why not contact Marsh Advantage for a quote?
Please contact:
Glynn Mullaney on 02 8864 732702 8864 7327 or glynn.mullaney@marshadvantage.com
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Munch & Move Program
The NSW Health Munch & Move program provides free professional development, resources and ongoing support to service providers to promote healthy eating, active play and appropriate screen use in children birth to 5 years.
The program website www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au houses free resources such as:
- Program training: A series of self-paced eLearning modules, comprising of videos, scenarios and reflective practice questions. The training is approx. 3 hours in length but can be completed over multiple sessions at any time.
- Fundamental Movement Skills Videos – a series of videos teaching the steps in correctly performing and teaching the 13 fundamental movement skills.
- Breastfeeding, nutrition, physical activity and screen use policy templates.
- Fact sheets on healthy eating, lunchboxes, fussy eating, screen time, sleep, oral health, active play and more to share with families. Some fact sheets are available in 9 community languages and some are designed with and for Aboriginal families.
- Implementation resources – including posters, music and storybooks for educator use.
Free resources for services
We are currently working on a number of projects in partnership with both the NSW and the Commonwealth governments. The aim of these projects is to support the Family Day Care sector where it is needed most. These projects include free training, resources and support for Family Day Care services.
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Here you can browse the resources that we have on offer. If you’re a member don’t forget to login so that your discounted price is automatically calculated.
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Child Care Provider Handbook
The Child Care Provider Handbook is written for providers of early learning and child care. It is a guide to the requirements and responsibilities of child care providers and services that are approved under Family Assistance Law.
Access the Child Care Provider Handbook
Draft Guide to Additional Child Care Subsidy (child wellbeing)
This Guide contains information for CCS approved providers and services who are involved in the administration of ACCS (child wellbeing).
Download the Draft Guide to ACCS (wellbeing)
Support and Advice
One of the aims of NSW Family Day Care Association is to provide support and advice to the whole Family Day Care sector. Phone and email support is available via 02 9779 999902 9779 9999 or info@nswfdc.org.au. So if you have a question in regards to running your service, please talk to us today.02 9779 9999
Resources
We invest in resource development for our members and the broader NSW Family Day Care sector. We have a range of printed resources available in our web shop. Other resources include specific information sheets and members-only resources, such as a fact sheet for parents and information flyers.
Room Hire
NSW Family Day Care Association has a training room and boardroom available for hire.
- Training room for up to 30 people, boardroom for up to 16 people
- flexible room set-up
- Recently renovated
- Data projector, laptop & smart tv
- Next to train station
- unlimited parking nearby
- close to local cafes & shops
- coffee & tea facilities
- From $120
Please contact Jenny or Kate via 02 9779 999902 9779 9999 for rates and availability.