Helping Hands Talara

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2023

• OverallExceeding NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Mar 2015)

Nature of care

• Long day care: No
• Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
• Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): No
• Outside school hours care (after school): Yes
• Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
• Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
• Other: No

Hours

Approval conditions

At least 1 additional educator, in addition to the number required to meet the educator to child ratios, must be working directly with children and available at all times to support adequate supervision across the service. An approved alternative solution relating to Performance Criteria P19 within SP5.4 – Child Care Centres of the Queensland Development Code with a publication date of 23 November 2005 applies to this service. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from over preschool age including school children.