Priority 4 - Moorabool Shire Residents Priority 5 - Children currently enrolled and attending 4-year-old Kindergarten in Moorabool Priority 6 – Non-Residents Cancellations to Occasional Child Care Sessions If your child cannot attend a booked Occasional Care session please advise us by calling 5366 7100, you can also leave a message on Council’s answering machine, or via email . Please note fees are forfeited for sessions children do not attend. Fees $8.50 per hour 1 Child 2 Children 2 hours $17.00 $34.00 3 hours $25.50 $51.00 5 $42.50 $85.00 Fee Payment Payments have been received in full upon booking. Payments can be made during booking times, via EFTPOS in person at the Darley Early Years Hub, 182 Halletts Way, Darley or over the telephone by calling 5366 7100. *Please note cash payments are not accepted and bookings cannot be made by calling the program mobile phone. Food Works Vouchers Food Works Bacchus Marsh provides vouchers to families enrolled in the Occasional Care Service. For every $500.00 spent at Food Works Bacchus Marsh, families can receive $12 off their Occasional Care fees. Vouchers are available from the Occasional Care Service and Food Works Bacchus Marsh. Settling your child into the program Educators will help settle children into care by: Encouraging parents/guardians to visit the program prior to enrolment or making a booking (this provides the families and their children with the opportunity to become familiar with the program, environment and the Educators). Recommending that a first booking be for two hours. It is encouraged that Parents/guardians speak to the Educators before booking or rebooking their child back into the program to best support their child’s transition. Encouraging parents/guardians to stay until their child is settled. Children settle into the program at their own pace, educators will provide ongoing support to children and their parent/guardians settling into the program. What to Bring The following items need to be brought with children when attending the program: A healthy snack in a named lunch box/container A healthy in a labelled lunch box (lunch is required if your child is booked to attend the program from 11:00am – 2:00pm) A labelled bottle (juice/soft drink is not recommended due to the high sugar content) A labelled complete change of clothes
This is usually at least 5 days after the rash appears in unimmunised children, but may be less in previously immunised children. example, leukaemia) or receiving chemotherapy should be excluded for their own protection. Otherwise not excluded. Conjunctivitis Exclude until discharge from eyes has ceased. Not excluded. Diarrhoea Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours. Not excluded. Diphtheria Exclude until medical certificate of recovery is received following at least two negative throat swabs, the first not less than 24 hours after finishing a course of antibiotics and the other 48 hours later. Exclude family/household contacts until cleared to return by the Secretary. Hand, Foot and Mouth disease Exclude all blisters have dried. Not excluded. Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Exclude until at least 4 days of Not excluded.
meningococcal meningitis) Meningococcal infection* Exclude until adequate carrier eradication therapy has been completed. Not excluded if receiving carrier eradication therapy. Mumps* Exclude for 9 days or until swelling goes down (whichever is sooner). Not excluded. Pertussis* (whooping cough) Exclude the child for 21 days after the onset of cough or until they have completed 5 days of a course of antibiotic treatment. Contacts aged less than 7 years in the same room as the case who have not received three effective doses of pertussis vaccine should be excluded for 14 days after the last exposure to the infectious case, or until they have taken 5 days of a course of effective antibiotic treatment. Poliomyelitis* Exclude for at least 14 days from onset. after receiving medical certificate of recovery. Not excluded.
Ringworm, scabies, pediculosis (head lice) Exclude the day after appropriate treatment has commenced. Not excluded. Rubella (german measles) Exclude until fully recovered or for at least four days after the onset of rash. Not excluded. Salmonella, Shigella Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours. Not excluded. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Exclude until medical certificate of recovery is produced. Not excluded unless considered necessary by the Secretary. Streptococcal infection (including scarlet fever) Exclude until the child has received antibiotic treatment for at least 24 hours and the child feels well. Not excluded. Tuberculosis Exclude until receipt of a medical certificate from the treating physician stating that the child is not considered to be infectious. Not excluded.
Typhoid fever (including paratyphoid fever) Exclude until approval to return has been given by the Secretary. Not excluded unless considered necessary by the Secretary. Verotoxin producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) Exclude if required by the Secretary and only for the period specified by the Secretary. Not excluded. Worms (Intestinal) Exclude until there has not been a loose bowel motion for 24 hours. Not excluded. The Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2009 are available from the maintained by the Department of Premier and Cabinet.