Family Day Care with Kids on Campus
Family Day Care may suit you and your family! If you are looking for a small group or individual experience for your young children, our highly trained and experienced educators provide an alternative to traditional centre-based childcare, with care taking place in the nurturing environment of the educators' home.
Family Day Care can provide families with a flexible, affordable childcare option, and is especially useful for families who require care needs which are beyond the limits available at a centre-based childcare service.
Enquire about FDC for your children by completing the expression of interest form below, or calling us on 02 6055 6653.
What is Family Day Care?
Family Day Care (FDC) is approved childcare that is provided in an educator’s home. Educators are qualified professionals who operate their FDC business which is linked with an approved service, such as ours. Kids on Campus provides support and supervision to the FDC educator as well as monitoring child development and safety.
Parents using FDC services are eligible for the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), and providers are required to operate under the same National Quality Framework (NQF) as other forms of child care; incorporating National Regulations, National Quality Standards educational frameworks, and an assessment and ratings process.
What are the benefits of using a Family Day Care service?
Family Day Care can offer care outside standard hours, such as evenings, before or after school, and during school holidays.. Families tell us they love having their children in a smaller group setting, where siblings can be cared for together all in one location. Within their Family Day Care setting, children can receive individualised attention from one familiar trusted Early Childhood Educator.
Educators ensure daily experiences are tailored to each child’s individual developmental stages, and children are encouraged to take part in activities that suit their individual need and interests. Children are able to learn to socialise in a small group within the Family Day Care Educator’s home and can also experience play in larger groups through excursions to playgroup and other community-based activities and events, like visits to the library or to play in the local park.
How does Kids on Campus support Family Day Care educators?
All Family Day Care educators and the families they provide services for are visited regularly by Kids on Campus’s coordination staff, to ensure the environment is always safe for children in the care setting. Kids on Campus also allows our regustered educators to make use of all the equipment, crafts, toys, and utilities to assist in the nurturing and educational development for the children in their care.
Kids on Campus Early Learning Centre has been operating Family Day Care since 2013 and provides support to a team of Family Day Care Educators throughout our local region, all who are operating their own individual businesses as fully qualified Early Childhood professionals.