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Setting up a Creche - Department for Communities

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Why offer a quality<br />

crèche service?<br />

Providing a quality crèche service<br />

will allow parents to feel confident<br />

that children will be safe and well<br />

cared <strong>for</strong> during their attendance<br />

at a crèche.<br />

A quality crèche service should<br />

provide:<br />

• a safe, healthy and welcoming<br />

environment <strong>for</strong> children where<br />

interactions between staff,<br />

children and parents are warm<br />

and positive<br />

• opportunities <strong>for</strong> children<br />

to play with equipment and<br />

activities suited to their age<br />

and interests<br />

• opportunities <strong>for</strong> children to<br />

experience positive social<br />

interactions with other<br />

children and adults.<br />

A crèche service must meet the exclusion criteria<br />

specified in regulation 4(2) of the Child Care Services<br />

Regulations 2007. This includes:<br />

• all children that attend will be at least two<br />

months of age or older<br />

• each child’s parent/relative will be available to<br />

attend to children’s immediate physical needs<br />

such as nappy change, feeding or com<strong>for</strong>ting<br />

• no individual child will attend <strong>for</strong> more than three<br />

hours in one session<br />

• no individual child will attend <strong>for</strong> more than<br />

12 hours in any week<br />

• no individual child will attend <strong>for</strong> more than two care<br />

sessions in one day, separated by at least one hour.<br />

See pages 25-26 <strong>for</strong> self-assessment <strong>for</strong>m.<br />

If you are not sure whether your service should be<br />

licensed contact:<br />

The Child Care Licensing and Standards Unit<br />

1st Floor, 111 Wellington Street,<br />

East Perth WA 6004<br />

Tel. (08) 6210 3333 or 1800 199 383 (Free call STD)<br />

Fax (08) 6210 3300<br />

All unlicensed crèche services must prominently<br />

display a notice to in<strong>for</strong>m parents that the service<br />

is not a licensed child care service. You can see an<br />

Example of a Notice on page 24.<br />

5<br />

Working with Children<br />

Legal Obligations<br />

The Working with Children (Criminal<br />

Record Checking) Act 2004 has introduced<br />

compulsory criminal record checking <strong>for</strong><br />

certain people who work with children.<br />

Find out about requirements <strong>for</strong> employers<br />

and employees by contacting the Working<br />

with Children Screening Unit. Contact details<br />

are provided on page 17.

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