With modern working hours extending outside the usual 9 to 5, five-day week, many working parents struggle to find appropriate child care. Family Day Care (FDC) is high quality, flexible child care provided at low cost in the homes of registered, trained carers.
Precious Moments FDC team recruits, screens, trains and monitors carers. Because care is home-based and offered by one person, it is consistent and helps strengthen family relations.
Care ranges from full-time to emergency care depending on carer availability. Our FDC scheme is available for families living in the Metropolitan Melbourne Citys. FDC fieldworkers are based in our Coburg Centre.
Family Day Care is available to families who:
?have children under 12 years old
?need time for work or training, or are looking for work
?need a break, including new mums or new dads
?have a disability OR a child with a disability
?need emergency care for family illness or other reasons.
Family Day Care offers:
?flexible and high-quality care in the homes of care providers
?small group care to ensure individual attention
?care providers who have undergone a national police check and a Victorian Working with Children Check (and whose adult family members have undergone these checks), and are trained and supported by the Precious Moments FDC
? regular visits by our Family Day Care Coordination Unit to monitor childrens progress and provide support, resources and ongoing training
?employment opportunities via training for the Certificate III in Childrens Services
?transport between care providers homes and kindergarten or school where required
Depending on care provider availability, Family Day Care can offer:
?full-time and part-time care
?relief care
?casual care
?before and after school care
?school holiday care
?emergency and 24-hour care
?rostered or rotating shift care.
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