centre from departmental employees have been met. Any places offered to non-DFAT applicants (including contractors engaged by DFAT) will be of limited duration. Places will be available until 31 December in the year they are offered and will then be subject to review and possible withdrawal should they be required by DFAT applicants. 10. The Director of the Currawong Childcare Centre will offer a childcare place to an applicant by telephone or email, and will check to ensure the message is received without delay. If there is no sign that the message has been received, Currawong will contact the applicant by other means. DFAT will assist if necessary. Applicants are requested to respond, if possible, within 24 hours of receiving an offer. If they need more time to consider the offer, they must seek an extension from the centre director. If no prior arrangement has been agreed for a late response, offers will be deemed lapsed 72 hours after receipt. 11. An applicant who does not receive the full number of days originally requested will go on a separate internal waiting list as of the date of registration of the original application. Priority for this list will be in accordance with the order of the date of application for the days sought. When days become available, they will be offered to DFAT applicants first. DFAT applicants whose childcare needs change after the original acceptance of a childcare place will be placed on the separate internal waiting list as of the day they notified the centre of their new care requirements. Priority will be in accordance with the date of application for the new care requirements. 12. In cases where a DFAT employee with a child/children in the centre permanently separates from the department, s/he will be required to withdraw the child/ren enrolled at the centre. This should occur no later than 31 December in the year the parent separates from the department, if places are required by DFAT applicants on the waiting list. 13. To facilitate management of the waiting list, DFAT parents posted or transferred to a location outside Canberra must notify the Currawong director of their intended departure date as soon as possible. 14. In the first instance, the director of the centre is responsible for resolving any dispute that may arise in relation to the implementation of the allocation policy and other issues relating to placements in the childcare centre. Where disputes cannot be resolved by the Director of the centre, and in any instance where parental behavior undermines the positive caring environment of Currawong, the issue will be referred to the Assistant Secretary, Remuneration and Post Management Branch, for consideration and decision. The DFAT Contract Manager will monitor the day-to-day management of the waiting list in accordance with the contract.

I have read and understood the allocation policy detailed above. I understand that available places at Currawong Childcare Centre will be allocated according to this policy.

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