EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 169
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 169
169 . Additional policies and procedures — family day care service
(1) In addition to the
policies and procedures set out in regulation 168, the approved provider
of a family day care service must ensure that the family day care service has
in place policies and procedures in relation to the matters set out in
subregulation (2).
Penalty: $1100.
(2) Policies and
procedures are required in relation to the following —
(a)
assessment of proposed family day care venues and proposed family day care
residences and reassessment of approved family day care venues and family day
care residences, including matters to meet the requirements of
regulation 116;
(b)
engagement or registration of family day care educators;
(c)
keeping of a register of family day care educators, family day care
co-ordinators and family day care educator assistants under
regulation 153;
(d)
monitoring, support and supervision of family day care educators, including
how the service will manage educators at remote locations;
(e)
assessment of family day care educators, family day care educator assistants
and persons residing at family day care residences, including the matters
required under regulation 163;
(f)
visitors to family day care residences and venues while education and care is
being provided to children as part of a family day care service;
(g) the
provision of information, assistance and training to family day care
educators;
(h) the
engagement or registration of family day care educator assistants.
Note for this regulation:
A compliance direction
may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).
[Regulation 169 amended: Gazette
28 Sep 2018 p. 3642; SL 2023/186 r. 45(1).]