Resources
Choosing quality care
When looking for quality Early Years care things we recommend you consider:
- Will this service help support my child’s Early Years journey?
- Is it a non for profit service?
- What type of services are provided e.g. long day care, occasional care, funded Kindergarten or sessional care?
- Are children’s rights, safety, physical health and wellbeing needs being considering in the daily practice of the service?
- Does the service have a continuous improvement plan?
- Are the educators attentive and engaged with supporting children’s education and development?
- Are the children’s voices captured within the program?
Child Care Subsidy
The Department of Human Services provides a Child Care Subsidy to help families with the costs of childcare. Please go to the Centrelink website to check your family's eligibility or go to your MyGov or Centrelink account to lodge a claim with Centrelink.
Once the claim for the subsidy is completed and you have finalised enrolment for your child, you will need to approve the Service Provider through your MyGov or Centrelink account to ensure entitlements are applied to your child’s attendances.
No Jab No Play
The Victorian Government’s ‘No Jab No Play’ legislation requires parents to provide the child’s current and up-to-date immunisation history statement upon enrolment to accept a place at our services.
You can request an immunisation history statement from the Australian Immunisation Register by:
For more information, please contact the relevant centre or phone the Early Years Coordinator on 03 8290 1333.
The City of Stonnington’s Birth to 25 – Children, Youth and Family Strategy
This Strategy was developed in 2017 to enable a holistic approach from birth to early adulthood. This update tracks our progress for the first year of the strategy(PDF, 895KB) and highlights focus areas for the future.
Early Years Services policies
- Child Safe Environment(PDF, 176KB): Provide a safe, risk-free environment for all children, educators, parents and other visitors.
- Dealing with Medical Conditions(PDF, 214KB): Ensure that children with specific health care needs are assessed and the risk minimised through the practices and procedures put in place by the service.
- Delivery and Collection of Children(PDF, 194KB): Provides guidance to educators and parents/guardians on the procedure of delivery of children to and the collection of children from care.
- Emergency and Evacuation(PDF, 145KB): Provides guidance in the reporting and investigations of serious incidents that may occur in the Early Years Services.
- Enrolment and Orientation(PDF, 220KB): Guide to procedure after the acceptance of a place at one of our Early Years Services.
- Excursions and safe transportation of children(PDF, 202KB): Guidelines for planning and conducting excursions and safe transportation of children outside of the service.
- Fees and Payment of Fees(PDF, 281KB) : Princes Close: Outlines the fee structure, fee collection and the procedures for late payment of fees.
- Fees and Payment of Fees(PDF, 277KB) : Winter Street: Outlines the fee structure, fee collection and the procedures for late payment of fees.
- Grievances (Dealing with Complaints)(PDF, 175KB): Guide to reporting any complaints in regards to the Early Years Services.
- Health and Exclusion (Dealing With Infectious Disease)(PDF, 301KB): Guide to reporting and investigation of serious illnesses and or diseases that may occur in the Early Years Services.
- Incident, Injury, Trauma, and Illness(PDF, 195KB): Guide to the treatment and recording of any incident, injury, trauma or illness that occurs in the service.
- Nutrition and oral health(PDF, 262KB): Guidelines for meal services, nutrition, oral health and healthy eating for children.
- Sun Protection(PDF, 176KB): Strategies to protect children and educators from overexposure to the sun’s UV levels.
- Water Safety(PDF, 152KB): Provide an environment that is free, as far as practicable, from risks associated with water and the use of water within the program and service.