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Family Day Care Educator Approval - South Australia

Description

You will need approval if you intend to work as a family day care educator. A family day care educator is an individual engaged by or registered with a family day care service to provide education and care for children in a residence or at an approved family day care venue.

You will need to be personally approved and have your premises approved separately.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this approval, you must have:

  • Certificate III (or higher) level qualification in Early Childhood Education and Care, or another ACECQA approved education and care qualification
  • experience as an early childhood educator
  • experience or knowledge in planning, implementing and evaluating children's learning
  • a high level of business practice and administration
  • an appropriate house for children to participate safely in play-based learning
  • current certificates in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, asthma and anaphylaxis
  • child-related employment screening (also required for anyone aged 18 and over living at your home)
  • an understanding of child protection in South Australia and your role as a mandated notifier
  • responding to risk of harm, abuse and neglect - education and care (RRHAN-EC) training
  • a medical clearance
  • public liability insurance.

There may be other personal and business requirements that you need to meet. Please contact the agency for more information.

 

Duration

Annual

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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Forms

Administering agency

Department for Education

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.