If your children show signs of an infectious illness when they arrive at their centre or become sick during the day, you may be notified that you need to make alternative arrangements or pick up your child from the centre and keep them home until they are no longer infectious. While we understand that this can be inconvenient, we’re committed to maintaining a healthy environment and reducing the risk of infection for all children.
Under the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), families are allowed 42 absence days per child, per financial year. These can be taken for any reason, including public holidays and when children are sick, without the need for families to provide documentation.
Absences should only be claimed when care would have been provided if the child had not been absent and the family has been charged a fee for the session of care. Child Care Subsidy is only payable for absences submitted before a child has started at a service or after a child’s final day of actual attendance at a service under limited circumstances.
Read more about absences here.