Playful Pals

NQS ratings

Issued Not available

• OverallNot available
• QA1 Educational program and practiceNot available
• QA2 Children's health and safetyNot available
• QA3 Physical environmentNot available
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsNot available
• QA5 Relationships with childrenNot available
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsNot available
• QA7 Governance and leadershipNot available

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): No
• Outside school hours care (before school): No
• Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
• Other: No

Hours

Approval conditions

The maximum number of family day care educators that may be engaged or registered by the approved provider is 6. • The approved provider must identify and maintain an up to date record of this service’s family day care educators operating in a family day care residence or approved family day care venue in Victoria who may be at risk of bushfire (bushfire-at-risk educators); • For any bushfire-at-risk educators, the approved provider must ensure that: a. bushfire-at-risk educators do not operate on any day declared by the Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner to be a day of ‘Catastrophic’ Fire Danger Rating that would apply to the location in which that family day care residence or approve family day care venue is located; and b. the service’s emergency and evacuation policies and procedures required under regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations include a current Emergency Management Plan (EMP) for managing the service’s bush-fire related risks; c. the Emergency Management Plan (EMP) is kept up to date, reflects the family day care educator’s operating context and includes: i. procedures for monitoring and managing bushfire risks and events; ii. procedures for notifying families of any closure d. the Emergency Management Plan (EMP) is reviewed and updated as necessary at least once each calendar year. • The approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority within 5 days of the commencement of the operation of the family day care service. • The approved provider within 5 days of the commencement of the operation of the family day care service must submit to the Regulatory Authority: o a copy of the register of family day care educators, co-ordinators and assistants that complies with section 269 of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 and regulation 153 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011. o a copy of the record of staff engaged or employed by the family day care service that complies with regulation 154 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011.