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BECOME AN EDUCATOREducator Info Pack
F A M I L Y D A Y C A R E S E R V I C E
Useful Websites:
Blue Lab Service - www.blue-lab.com.au
Blue Lab Facebook page - www.facebook.com/bluelabfamilydaycare
Family Day Care Australia - www.familydaycare.com.au
National Childcare Accreditation Council - www.ncac.gov.au
Department of Local Government and Communities - www.dlgc.wa.gov.au
Australian Children’s Education & Care, Quality Authority - www.acecqa.gov.au
Dear applicant,
Thank you for your enquiry about becoming an Educator with BLUE LAB Learning
Spaces Service. This booklet will answer the many questions you may have about the
work of an Educator and the Service which will help you consider whether this is the
work for you.
As a BLUE LAB Educator you will need to:
• Be passionated for children education.
• Enjoy good health.
• Be aware of safety.
• Have an enthusiastic attitude.
• Be open to advice and suggestions, and be prepared to have regular home
visits from our staff.
• Be patient, reliable, responsible and concerned for the welfare of children,
and have no history of neglect, abuse or violence.
Please read this booklet thoroughly before completing your Application for
Registration. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Irene Solino
Director
Contents
FAMILY DAY CARE .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
OUR PHILOSOPHY .................................................................................................................................................... 7
REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH ..................................................................................................................... 9
LEARNING HAPPINESS ...................................................................................................................................... 11
SMALL GREEN STEPS ........................................................................................................................................... 12
SMALL SAFE STEPS .................................................................................................................................................. 13
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT ....................................................................................................................... 14
NQS RATING ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
PARTNERSHIPS ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
FAMILY DAY CARERS ............................................................................................................................................... 19
BLUE LAB’S REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................. 21
THE REGISTRATION PROCESS ................................................................................................................ 23
EQUIPMENT LIST ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
FEES FOR FAMILIES .............................................................................................................................................. 25
FEES FOR EDUCATORS ....................................................................................................................................... 26
WHAT TO DO NEXT .............................................................................................................................................. 27
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Family day careFamily day care is a form of childcare that is provided
in the family day carer’s own home for a small group of
children. Individual family day care educator has meet
the qualification requirements and they are registered
with a family day care service whose role is to approve,
support, train and advise family day carers.
Family day care educators must be approved early
childhood education and care professionals who
engage in the principles and practices of the Early
Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and work within
the requirements of the National Quality Framework,
ensuring Children’s health and safety, preparing the
physical environment or including an educational
program and assessments for children’s learning.
The educator must not educate and care for more
than 7 children. At any one time no more than 4 can be
preschool age or under. This includes the educator’s
own children.
THE CO-ORDINATION UNIT
The co-ordination unit’s responsibilities include:
• To support educator, children and families.
• To make sure that your place operates in
accordance with all relevant legislation.
• To assess, approve, train and monitor registered
educators.
• To visit and make contact with educators to provide
information, support and training.
• To inspect the educator home and assist them to
identify risks or hazards that may cause harm or
injury to children in their care.
• To maintain a high level of quality of care and
childhood education.
• To administer payments.
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Our philosophyThe first years in the child’s life are the most important
years to form the foundations of all later learning and
development. The greatest brain development and
growth occurs and it is a time when early experiences
influence attitudes and dispositions and learning.
The child’s brain is a powerful learning engine that
needs to be constantly stimulated through play with
age appropriate activities that encourage talents and
build cognitive skills at their own pace.
BLUE LAB is starting a reconversion to become a
Reggio Emilia inspired Service. Our educators receive
training and resources to embrace this approach in
their places at their own pace.
WE STRONGLY BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN ARE
STRONG, CAPABLE AND RESILIENT; FULL OF
WONDER AND KNOWLEDGE
We provide opportunities for children to share
their ideas, opinions and make connections in their
learning journey. The individuality of each child is
respected and nurtured.
THE ENVIRONMENT AS A THIRD TEACHER
Paying thoughtful attention to creating an
environment that enables children to develop
relationships with the world around them,
themselves and each other is an important aspect
our program. A well planned safe, an inviting
environment with natural and open ended
resources which should be invit ing and cultivate
children’s curiosity, wonder and imagination.
Materials are easily accessible and uncluttered
and invit ing.
Every resource is carefully considered for its
purpose and sustainabil ity is considered.
OBSERVE AND LISTEN
The educator follows a pedagogy of observing
and listening to children and practicing the art of
conversations that lead into experiences based on
children’s interests.
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TRIANGLE OF PARTNERSHIP
We recognise the importance of working in
partnership with families, educators and children to
achieve common goals for their child.
PROJECT BASED LEARNING PROVIDES CHILDREN
WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE AND
EXPLORE AN AREA OF INTEREST
This includes inquiry based projects, which can last
for as long as the children are showing interest in
the topic. It is our belief that projects give children
an opportunity engage in inquiry based play, to
investigate and discover an area of personal interest
and provide children with the power to construct
their own learning.
RESPECTFUL ATTITUDE
Respect is one of our important values. Respect for
ourselves, for all people and all the living things.
STAFF GROWTH
We are committed to growing the capacity of our
Staff and Educators. To achieve this, we will continue
to focus on professional development, with group
sessions, individual training when needed, and our
training online portal where educators can improve
their practice at their own pace.
Our Philosophy
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Reggio Emilia ApproachThe Reggio Emilia Philosophy is an innovative
and inspiring approach, which values the child as
strong, capable and resilient; rich with wonder and
knowledge. The Philosophy rides on the coattails of
the innate curiosity of children and aims to assist them
with understanding their world and who they are in it.
Children are allowed to explore and discover in
a supportive and rich environment, where the
curriculum is created around the children’s interests.
To understand it better, it’s important to know the
three core principles of the Reggio Emilia philosophy:
the child, the environment, and the teacher.
THE CHILD
The Reggio Emilia philosophy values the child as
central to their own learning, not simply an empty
vessel waiting to be filled with knowledge. Children are
able to pursue their own interests and revisit and build
upon ideas at their own pace. You may have heard of
something called the ‘100 languages of children’. This
concept recognises that children have multiple ways
of thinking, playing, exploring, speaking and doing.
The Reggio Emilia approach encourages children to
use every tool they have to express themselves.
THE ENVIRONMENT
A Reggio-inspired environment, often referred to
as ‘the third teacher’, is one that is open and free-
flowing. It enables uninterrupted exploration, play
and learning. Outdoor spaces are valued just as
highly as indoor areas, and the design of the space
should allow children to move freely between the
two. In addition, it is important that children have
free access to stimulating resources, as they cannot
be the owner of their learning journey without this.
With a project based learning educators provide
children with opportunities to investigate and explore
an area of interest, and provide children with the
power to construct their own learning. The projects
are organized with photos, books, free-use learning
stations and related resources.
THE EDUCATOR
Educator are encouraged to observe children. It is
important that children are allowed to experiment in
their own way, make mistakes and find new solutions.
The role of the educator is to gently move children
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towards areas of interest to them, and this can only
be done through careful observation carried out
over time. Educators have to work with families and
coordinators for the development of community.
As a Reggio Emilia inspired service our educators:
• Have access to some courses in our online portal
to know more about this approach.
• Have unlimited access to our recycled materials
like fabric, cardboard, clean industrial discards,
pieces of wood, plastic pieces, boxes…
• Receive support and documentation for the setup
of the environment.
• Join to a private group to find suggested
provocations and learning stations.
• Have access to the regular meetings of Reggio
Emilia Australia Information Exchange.
• Prepare the environment like the third teacher,
including some defined spaces for children’s
learning (guidelines document available for
educators).
• Use provocations and learning stations.
• Are aware about the one hundred languages of the
children, offering a variety of creative experiences
that allow children express by themselves.
• Arrange a space for the children’s works to be
exhibited.
• Support families to be involved in the service.
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Learning HappinessWe want to introduce children to a range of positive
psychology topics such as wellbeing, resilience,
personal responsibility, growth mindsets, self-
regulation, kindness, mindfulness, and gratitude.
For this reason BLUE LAB started the Learning
Happiness project (www.learninghappiness.club)
with 3 different initiatives:
• Be you (old Kidsmatter)
• Mindfulness
• Growth mindset.
Educators joined to BLUE LAB have access to a
program by supporting them to develop their mental
health skills and knowledge to foster and support
mental health and wellbeing in children.
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Small Green StepsWe follow the Small Green Steps program. It is a four
part program designed to be completed by Childcare
services as a group. The program will give usall we
need to embed sustainable practices across our
service and help us encourage children to develop a
love of nature.
Educators have available a course with a summary of
this program to become a more sustainable service.
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Small Safe StepsWe started in 2019 a four-part SAFETY program
designed to be completed by Childcare services
as a group. The program material has been written
specifically to comply with Australian Work Health
and Safety (WHS) legislation to help us maintain a safe
work place for employees, volunteers and contractors.
Completion of the program will also help us meet the
National Quality Standards and create a safe learning
environment for children in our care.
The program has 40 steps that we will have to
complete. A new risk management document,
policies and procedures will be developed based in
this program.
A course for educators will be developed with a
summary of this program. This course will include
WHS information, risk management templates, fire
management, lifting techniques, hazard & accident
reporting, safety inspection templates, evacuation,
security measures... All we need to do our FDC a safe
place for staff, educators, families and children.
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What makes us differentIn addition to the Co-ordination Unit responsibilities
previously listed, BLUE LAB offers their educators an
additional service package that will allow educators
to provide an exclusive day care service that is unique
and of high quality within their community.
• A professional training system in our online training
platform.
• A complete and effective system online that allows
both educators and parents to monitor a child’s
learning and progress.
• If necessary, support from our pedagogical
professionals to create every child’s learning map.
• A practical support to organise the environment in
a way that meets the established requirements.
• A system with an accessible book library source in
different languages.
• We have some material you could use the first
weeks with no cost (toys, educational resources,
furniture...).
• Corporate elements and email account for
professional communication
• Promotional page on Facebook with continuous
updates to attract families to the project.
• Private facebook group for all the educators to
share ideas, issues, concerns…
• Periodic marketing campaigns to publicise our
philosophy and service to families. This form of
campaigning can be done through promotions
on Facebook , specialized portals, mailing in
different selected areas of Perth, cultural events,
publications, news... All with the goal of creating a
brand in the market associated with the quality of
child care and development.
• Annual projects to support continuous
improvement, benefit children and alliances with
parents. Our current projects are Become a Reggio
Emilia inspired service and Learning Happiness..
• Regular team meetings where we all learn from
each other.
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BLUE LAB attracts families with a professional website
and documents, monthly newsletters, weekly mailing
with useful information for the family wellbeing, a
welcome mail full of useful information, a system to
communicate with them through a phone app, surveys,
free workshops for children, and more.
PERSONALISED MARKETING KIT
• Your own website with a professional photo session
(sample http://midvale.blue-lab.com.au).
• Graphic design of flyers and street posters
created by a professional graphic designer for
promotional purposes.
• Your own promotional video for advertisement.
• One paid Facebook campaign in their area to
announce the new service.
• Business card graphic design.
We have tons of resources such as this Kamishibai for
your FDC
• Access to Remida, a big recycled materials place
to get all the loose part you need.
• Proposed activities repository that you could use
like planned activities for children.
AND MORE...
We understand well that educators are busy, so we
work with online tools to ease the day-to-day for you.
• We use Harmony to manage attendance records
and timesheets with digital signature.
• We have a centralised payment model and you
receive all your fee directly from us. Families pay
the service and we manage with them any late
payment.
• Our training could be face to face or through our
online training portal.
• We use an online curriculum software to share our
comments to your program as well as suggestions
to improve it.
• We share experiences and concerns with our
educators through a private facebook group.
• All the forms, relevant documents, brochures… can
be found in our online portal and downloaded any
time.
• You will receive an email alert with every update,
relevant news or suggested ideas for your FDC.
What makes us different
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NQS RatingBLUE LAB has gone through the NQS rating process
by the Education and Care Regulatory Unit. The rating
measures the quality of any Early Childhood Service
in Australia. It examines seven areas and scores them
within a four scale system:
• Needs improvement
• Working Towards,
• Meeting and
• Exceeding what is expected.
BLUE LAB has scored 5 Meeting and 2 Exceeding.
These last ones were in Relationship with Children and
Collaborative with Families, where it really matters.
BUT HOW GOOD OUR SCORE IS? IS IT JUST GOOD…
OR REALLY GOOD?
OK, let’s put things into perspective! First, there are 36
FDC Services in WA.
• 78% of them were graded with at least one
Working Towards rate. Only 8 services are above
with Meeting or Exceeding scores only. We are
part of this Top 8.
• The QA1 area is Program and Practice. Only the
39% (10 in total) of the WA FDC Services got a
Meeting or Exceeding scores. BLUE LAB is one of
them.
• The QA5 area is Relationship with Children. Only
the 22% (8 in total) of the WA FDC Services got an
Exceeding score. As we did.
• The QA6 area is Collaborative with Families. Only
the 16% (6 in total) of the Services exceeded
expectations. As we did too.
This impressive achievement is not only possible
because the BLUE LAB Scheme but the hard work
of our talented and experienced educators. We are
growing and willing to make a difference, so we expect
to step up our results the next year.
So whatever you are, parent or educator, BLUE LAB is
one of the best choices for you!!
* Info based in January 2020 data from ACECQA.
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PartnershipsBLUE LAB believes in the perfect triangle of education:
educators, family and community. For that reason,
BLUE LAB, in addition to maintaining close contact
with the community, maintains a number of partnerships
with different organizations to ensure a comprehensive
education for children.
The Small Green Steps program has been designed to
provide with all we need to embed sustainable practices
across our service and meet the National Quality
Framework environmental objectives. The service leads
the program, creation an Action Plan, and provide to the
educators with relevant documentation and resources.
The service joins the 40 steps program and completes a
checklist to earn a certificate for each level.
BLUE LAB has an agreement
with the software company
EarlyWorks. It is not a simple
application to publish
photographs, EarlyWorks
is a complete information
system to manage the routine,
curriculum and documentation for children and offer a
direct involvement for parents in the children education.
Families have direct access to the programs, routines,
activities, documentation and assessments about their
children, becoming active partners in the education of
their children.
Be You aims to transform Australia’s approach to supporting
children’s and young people’s mental health in early
learning services and schools, from early years to 18.
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Educational Leaders are influential in inspiring,
motivating and also challenging and extending
the pedagogy and practice of Educators in every
approved education and care service.
Sun exposure in childhood and adolescence greatly
increases the chances of developing skin cancer later
in life. The SunSmart Centres program aims to minimise
exposure to UV radiation from the sun during early
childhood development and encourage children to
practise Sun protective behaviours themselves.
Partnerships
Family Day Care Australia
(FDCA), is the national peak
body for family day care.
Through collaborative national
advocacy, a strong research
evidence base, and high public
visibility FDCA represents, supports, and promotes
the sector in delivering quality outcomes for children.
REAIE is the Australia reference
appointed by Reggio Children
to facilitate dialogue and the
exchange of information between
educators in our country and the
city of Reggio Emilia.
Scholastic has been bringing the best of children’s
publishing to Australian children for over 45 years
and is recognised as a market leader in children’s
publishing.
REmida brings a fresh view to waste
materials, helping people to see
the creative possibility in reuse.
When you re-think these oddments,
you discover they are one-of-a-
kind! A mishmash of materials that
nurture innovation, creativity, and
communication.
FDCWA members comprise of representatives
fromseveral FDC services in WA. This organization
is a member based not-for-profit organization that
works on behalf of its members and the family day
care community by providing professional support
and promotion of family day care within Western
Australia.
As obesity tracks from childhood into adulthood,
strategies which aim to prevent the onset of obesity
are recommended by the World Health Organisation
and are included in the health plans of jurisdictions
across Australia. The feedAustralia program has been
designed to support these strategies, with childhood
obesity at the forefront of its thinking.
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Family day carersOur educators are required to complete the following
requirements:
GENERAL
• Be over 21 years of age.
• National Police certificate clearance not older than
6 months.
• National Police certificate clearance not older than
6 months for every residing adult.
• If you have lived or worked overseas in the 3 past
years, an overseas criminal history statement.
• Working with children check.
• Have an ABN number.
• Meet national standard requirements which include
maintaining quality learning programs, safe and
hygienic learning environments, record keeping,
qualifications...
• Local shire registration for food act. if you are going
to provide meals.
• Local shire business approval letter.
• If the applicant is renting their proposed FDC
residence the applicant needs to gain home owner
permission in order to proceed.
• Public liability insurance.
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QUALIFICATIONS
• At least Certificate III Early Childhood Education
(working towards not allowed unless management
team decide it is allowed based in the educator’s
background).
• First Aid Certificate, Asthma Management
Certificate and Anaphylaxis Management
Certificate (HLTAID001, HLTAID002, HLTAID003
and HLTAID001).
• Complete a compulsory induction program.
• Participate in regular support and monitoring visits
conducted by their coordination unit.
• Attend face to face or online training, meetings
and workshops periodically to maintain currency of
skills and knowledge.
• Safe sleeping training.
• Child protection training.
• Food safety training.
• Sun protection training.
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BLUE LAB’s requirementsAdditional to the legal requirements listed in the
National Quality Framework, BLUE LAB has these
other ones. Please, read carefully to know the BLUE
LAB educators responsibilities and if you are willing
to follow them with our support.
QUALITY AREA 1: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND
PRACTICE
• BLUE LAB educators use the Earlyworks
software to record the children curriculum.
You will have a first training session and daily
support from BLUE LAB.
• Educators have to offer to children a variety of
activities and learning stations in different areas
(diversity, sustainability, art…). BLUE LAB offer
to educators a repository of activities to inspire
and support them with this requirement.
• Children will have a balance between indoor
and outdoor experiences, always giving priority
to the outdoor ones.
• Television and video games are not used in a
regular basis and parental permission is required.
QUALITY AREA 2: CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND SAFETY
• We have a compulsory dental care program
that all children have to follow, teaching them to
use the brush after lunch. BLUE LAB provides
the brushes.
• Our educators are working in our Learning
Happiness project, offering children growth
mindset or mindfulness learning.
• Only healthy food will be offered to children.
If educator doesn’t provide the food, has to
ensure families don’t bring treats or unhealthy
food.
QUALITY AREA 3: PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
• BLUE LAB doesn’t allow to run the FDC in a
garage or houses with swimming pools.
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BLUE LAB’s requirements
• You need a space for art (atelier) with a variety of
materials and tools.
• A space (o spaces) will be assigned to exhibit the
children’s works.
• Educators will always have loose parts materials in
the place (we provide the loose parts materials).
• Educators create rich environments that changes
frequently (indoor and outdoor) to stimulate
children using provocations sets and learning
stations with children.
QUALITY AREA 4: STAFFING ARRANGEMENTS
• We have a private Facebook group to collaborate
with our other educators.
• When educator is unavailable we have to assist
families, always looking for the best option for
the emotional wellbeing of children, ensuring
adaptation periods when possible.
• BLUELAB has some relief educators who could
support you if needed (leave periods, holidays,
support….). BLUELAB help you to check the relief
availability and get an agreement with her.
QUALITY AREA 5: RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN
• Educator will work with each child following our
Learning Happiness resources to teach them to
regulate their own behaviour, respond appropriately
to the behaviour of others and communicate
effectively to resolve conflicts.
• Educators will engage with children in
conversations throughout the day or session,
talking about what is happening around them
and what they are learning, sitting in relaxed and
unhurried two way conversations with them.
• Educator will comfort children who cry or show
other signs of distress staying by their side to
support them.
QUALITY AREA 6: COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
• The communication with families has to be fluid
and transparent.
• The educator will encourage families to be involved
in the service.
QUALITY AREA 7: GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP
• BLUE LAB requires completion of Certificate III
Early Childhood (working towards not allowed).
• The educator will follow our continuous
professional development program.
• Every educator has their own Quality
Improvement plan and has to work on it along
the year. It is made using pedagogical reflections
about their practice.
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The registration processWhen an educator wants to join to BLUE LAB team,
we follow the following steps.
1. Initial interview
2. First home assessment.
3. BLUE LAB FDC Service sends to the applicant
the prospective educator information package.
4. Applicant completes and returns the application
form.
5. Pay the application fee ($200).
6. Assessment meeting that allows
coordination unit staff to assess the
applicant’s motivation, communication
skills, understanding and experience of
children’s and families’ needs, including
planning daily activities and approach to
behavior guidance.
7. Applicant undertakes initial orientation training.
Bluelab provide to the educator of all policies
and documents they’ll need for your service.
8. Depend of the applicant experience, the
educator could be directed to attend a play
session in one operative family day care to be
observed by BLUE LAB.
9. Final home assessment, check family daycare
service requirements is completed and final
equipment and resources assessment.
10. Based on the educator´s background BLUE
LAB might request additional Orientation/
Training Sessions.
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Equipment listHigh quality early learning and child care programs
provide safe, healthy environments that are warm,
comfortable, inclusive and aesthetically pleasing.
Each family child care provider sets up the learning
environment according to their individual style.
The learning environment should provide a variety
of materials to promote positive social interaction,
creativity, exploration and problem solving.
Children should have space and choices to play
at their own pace to develop social, emotional,
cognitive and physical skills.
The materials and equipment should:
• Be available in quantity and variety to occupy all
children in attendance.
• Be consistent with the developmental capabilities
of all children in attendance.
• Be available for much of the day.
• Support natural play that children initiate and
engage in spontaneously.
• Be accessible to all children where they can
reach and use the materials by themselves
with adaptations to materials, equipment and
furniture to meet all children’s needs.
• Represent and encourage acceptance of
diversity (race, culture, age, abilities, gender) and
reflect on individual diversity of the family, and
the families of children in the family child care
home.
• Be rotated and changed frequently based on
children’s interests and abilities.
• Be provided both indoors and outdoors to broaden
children’s exploration and experiences.
• Use of a good variety of open ended materials.
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Fees for educatorsADMINISTRATION LEVY
There is no educator levy and there is no yearly
membership in BLUE LAB.
OTHER FEES
• Earlyworks (curriculum software): $1.65 per
month per child, incl GST.
• Harmony for educators (children, session
information, record of payments, receipts and
electronic signature): $3.30 weekly fixed fee,
incl GST. The high or low amount of children
enrolled has no impact in the fee.
CENTRALISED PAYMENT MODEL
Don’t be worried about managing the families’
payments. BLUE LAB will do this job for you.
Unfortunately, sometimes the invoices are not
paid in time, and it could cause you financial
problems and an unnecessary emotional wear.
With this model, our educators don’t have to
run tasks about payments, invoices, or receipts
with families, and they have more time to focus
on the children program and care.
We have a centralised payment model and
you receive all your income directly from us
on a weekly basis. Families pay the service and
we manage with them any late payment.
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Fees for familiesPARENT LEVY
The BLUE LAB Learning Spaces parent levy is
$1.20 per hour for total daily fees above $95. The
parent levy below a daily fee of $95 it is $1 pero
hour.” Por” The BLUE LAB Learning Spaces parent
levy is $1.20 per hour for daily fee of $95 or $1 per
hour for daily fee bellow $95.
HOLIDAY CARE
Educators will aim to provide parents/guardians with
four weeks’ notice of any planned holiday leave. Families
requiring alternative care, during their educator’s
absence, should contact the co-ordination unit as soon
as possible. Fees are not charged while your educator
is on holiday or sick leave.
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Educators are not required to provide care on
public holidays, however if a family requires care
on a public holiday and the educator chooses to
provide this care then a public holiday fee will be
applied. If a child’s normal booked day falls on
a public holiday, the normal fee will apply, even
when care is not provided.
LATE FEE
The educator may charge a late fee if a child is
collected from the educator after the booked hours
of care. The late fee is charged at the discretion
of the educator. Please note that CCS (Child Care
Subsidy) cannot be claimed on late fees.
ENROLMENT FEE
On enrolment the payment of one week’s full fee
is required as bond. This amount will be returned
at the end of the service except for a non-
refundable enrolment administrative fee of $40.
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What to do nextIf you have discussed the information contained in
this booklet with your family and have decided you
would like to become an educator, and:
• You agree with our philosophy.
• You understand the BLUE LAB requirements.
• You believe the environment is the third
teacher.
Then please complete the application form and
return it to:
Educator Prospective Package
F A M I L Y D A Y C A R E S E R V I C E