Little Pumpkins Family Day Care Pty. Ltd. Keysborough

Conditions of approval

The maximum number of family day care educators that may be employed or engaged by the approved provider is 20. The approved provider must employ at least 1 full time family day care co-ordinator as prescribed in section 5 of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 for every 15 family day care residences or venues providing education and care for children. The approved provider must identify family day care educators operating in a family day care residence or approved family day care venue in Victoria at particular risk of bushfire and ensure that these family day care educators do not operate on a declared Code Red day in their Bureau of Meteorology district. Where a family day care residence or approved family day care venue is identified as being at particular risk of bushfire, policies and procedures relating to emergency and evacuation must incorporate policies and procedures for monitoring bushfire risks and informing families of service closures resulting from bushfire risks. The approved provider must notify the Department at least 14 days before they commence to operate in another state or territory. The Approved Provider must undertake professional development provided by Gowrie Victoria in Quality Area 7 of the Early Years Learning Framework, 'Managing Family Day Care: An Overview for New FDC Coordinator Units' by 31 December 2015 and provide evidence of completion to the Department by 14 January 2016.

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