Instruction Sheets to Assist Child Care Services

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    Instruction Sheets to Assist Child Care Services

    Information to assist child care payment compliance


    Educational material to assist child care services to understand and meet their obligations is available below:

    • Instruction Sheet 1 - Child Care Service Statements for Families
      ( PDF 58KB | RTF 32KB)
    • Q&As - Obligation to Provide Statements
      ( PDF 57KB | RTF 39KB)
    • Instruction Sheet 2 - Child Care Service Record Keeping 
      ( PDF 55KB l RTF 29KB)    
    • Instruction Sheet 3 - Child Care Service Attendance Records
      ( PDF 53KB l RTF 23KB)    
    • Instruction Sheet 4 - Absences from Care 
      ( PDF 56KB l RTF 34KB)   
    • Instruction Sheet 5 - Inspection of Records 
      ( PDF 56KB l RTF 25KB)    
    • Instruction Sheet 6 - Inspection of Insurance Records 
      ( PDF 53KB l RTF 27KB)
    • Instruction Sheet 7 - Civil Penalty and Infringement Notice Scheme 
      ( PDF 54KB l RTF 117KB
    • Instruction Sheet 8 - Special Child Care Benefit 
      ( PDF 61KB l RTF 63KB)    
    • Instruction Sheet 9 - 24-Hour Care 
      ( PDF 54KB l RTF 42KB)    
    • Instruction Sheet 10 - Priority of Access Guidelines for Child Care Services 
      ( PDF 55KB l RTF 57KB)   
    • Instruction Sheet 11 - Session Rules for Before School Care and After School Care 
      ( PDF 50KB l RTF 67KB)   
    • Instruction Sheet 12 - Reporting Total Fees
      ( PDF 59.4KB | RTF 58KB)
    • Instruction Sheet 13 - Notifiable Events for Child Care Services
      ( PDF 58KB | RTF 64KB)
    • Instruction Sheet 14 - Absences from Child Care Due to a Local Emergency
      ( PDF 57KB | RTF 62KB)
    • Instruction Sheet 15 - Notifying when Closing, Selling or Transferring Ownership or Management of a Service
      ( PDF 46KB | RTF 25KB)
    • Legislative Extracts
      ( PDF 243KBRTF 469KB)
    • Key Obligations for the Continued Approval of Child Care Services
      ( PDF 74KB | RTF 54KB)

    Where a child care service would like further information about how to meet their conditions of approval and other obligations under family assistance legislation they should contact the Child Care Compliance Manager in their DEEWR State and Territory Office by phoning 1300 363 079.