What is your Child Care

In Australia, a child care is one of the things given priority. If you are new to child care it is necessary for you to find out the type of child care that your child needs.

Approved Child Care is a government approved type where it has met the standard requirements and is permitted and licensed to operate. They must have qualified and trained staff to be able to give the right amount of care and education to kids in their child care centre. They usually operate in certain hours and has some guidelines for security and health standards.

• Family Day Care – This is one best for those who have kids with disabilities and special needs which at this time it is almost at 30% reached goal for carers who handle kids with disabilities. This is also appropriate to those moms who need a child care after the normal hours and they can also assist in case of emergency on an overnight. Their hours are flexible that may follow the requirement hours of the parents and it is the onlly child care available 24/7 in Australia.
• Long Day Care – This is what normally a school setup like Preschool, Kindergarten, or any Early Learning Centre that has all those colorful things around that would really encourage the kids to enjoy while they are in. This is the care for our school age kids. This is commonly provided by private employers, community organisations or non-profits. Since this is a low child carer ratios, they are able to bond more with the kids.

• In Home Care – This applies to kids especially those who are not recommended for school yet. Or if you work on shift hours you can have this type of child care. Those who are in places like rural or regional area this can be provided by an approved carer in your home or if you have kids with disabilities or sick. They are of course also offered with great activities such as arts and crafts, games, and other similar.
• Occasional Care – Most families or parents use this especially when they need to attend special appointments or meetings where if they have more than 1 kid, siblings are in one place and not separated. This is normally in small day care centres.
• Outside School Hours – This includes before and after school hours and vacation. This is normally for primary school kids. This is available during holidays too. Outside School hours are in places like schools and municipal halls. They are also given such activities to get busy with like arts and crafts, games and other outdoor activities.

It is always important to know what best suits our kids in whatever they need, in food, clothes, education and child care. This is one of the basics where it serves a good foundation as they grow that they don’t feel left alone when we are busy or they need to be away for a moment.