Shoalhaven Family Day Care is a high-quality home-based education and care service that offers families and children a flexible home learning environment.
The Family Day Care program has been delivering an outstanding service to children and families in the Shoalhaven for over 40 years.
You will find our education program, service, costs and enrolment steps explained here.
Key to our service is providing children with opportunities to form genuine long-lasting bonds with their qualified and dedicated early childhood educator.
Our service explained
We provide education and care for babies and children up to 12 years of age where siblings are cared for together all in one location.
Care is available during standard hours, before/after school, during school holidays and in some cases evenings, overnight and weekends.
Our qualified family day care educators offer individual and group learning experiences and programs based on children’s interests and strengths.
These learning experiences reflect the diversity of our community and include:
- self-help skills
- social skills
- emotional skills
- STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills
- critical thinking skills
- learning through play
- gross motor skills
- fine motor skills
- music skills
- language and literacy skills
A dedicated preschool program and transition to school plan is available for 4-year-old children.
View our Shoalhaven Family Day Care brochure for more information.
Our philosophy and aims of service
Our family day care educators
Our qualified educators and dedicated Family Day Care Co-ordination Units provide quality care and professional educational programs.
Our educators comply with the following regulations, standards, policies and procedures:
- Education and Care Services National Regulations and National Law
- Family Assistance Law
- Ministry of Health
- Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)
- Shoalhaven City Council policy and procedures
- Child Care Subsidy (CCS) compliance
- Shoalhaven Family Day Care (SFDC) policy and procedures
- NSW Food Authority
- Rural Fire Authority
- various Australian standards and codes
All of our educators are managed and supported by Council’s Family Day Care Co-ordination Unit.
Interested in becoming a family day educator? Read our Prospective Educator Handbook.
To find out more, contact us on (02) 4429 5610 or email familydaycare@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au.
How much does family day care cost?
Enrolment fee
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Enrolment fee (per year)
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First child
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$31.50
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Second child
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$26.25
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Third child
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$21.00
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Fourth child
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Free
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Hourly rate
Fee name
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Cost (per hour)
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Educator fee
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Varies*
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Administration fee
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$1.60 per child
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* SFDC educators operate as a home-based early childhood service under a deregulated fee system where, as a small business they set their own fees depending on the services provided - these fees are currently between $8.00 and $20.00 per hour
You can apply for the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) to reduce your daily fee.
How do I enrol?
There's four (4) steps to enrol your child into Shoalhaven Family Day Care:
- complete a request for care form
- submit your request for care form to familydaycare@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au
- one of our Child Development Coordinators will contact you to let you know when a position is available and ask you to complete an enrolment form
- one of our Child Development Coordinators will work with you to answer any of your questions and to ensure all required paperwork is completed before commencement of care
For more information, please see our Child Enrolment and Placement Policy, or contact our Nowra Shoalhaven Family Day Care Co-ordination Unit on (02) 4429 5610.
Location
4/80 Park Road, Nowra 2541 View Map
-34.896623, 150.612364
4/80 Park Road ,
Nowra 2541
4/80 Park Road ,
Nowra 2541
Shoalhaven Family Day Care