New resources and guidance for FDC providers

In an effort to better support the family day care sector ACECQA is working with representatives from state, territory and the Australian governments to develop new and improved guidance for family day care providers, nominated supervisors, coordinators and educators.

To this end, ACECQA says that throughout 2017, a range of new resources will be developed to support family day care providers and services.

A number of new information sheets and guides are already available for family day care educators, providers, nominated supervisors and coordinators, which provide tailored information on specific staff roles:

• family day care educator compliance responsibilities
• approved provider compliance responsibilities
• nominated supervisor compliance responsibilities

Additional fact sheets have been provided detailing ways to ensure the safety of family day care environments and guidance on record keepings. These are also available on the ACECQA website:

• assessments of family day care residences and venues
• record keeping in family day care services

These materials were developed in consultation with a cross section of people working in the family day care sector to help family day care providers better understand their obligations and responsibilities under the National Law and National Regulations.

The full range of resources is available under the Family Day Care tab on the Information Sheets page on the ACECQA website.