ABOUT KENTISH CHILD CARE

Ken

tish

C

hild

C

are

is

a

smal

l an

d

inn

ova

tive

ch

ild

care

fa

cilit

y m

od

eled

on

Fam

ily D

ay C

are

pra

ctic

es.

Ou

r ed

uca

tors

pro

vid

e ca

re i

n a

ho

me

en

viro

nm

ent.

C

hild

ren

p

arti

cip

ate

in

no

rmal

ro

uti

nes

an

d

exp

erie

nce

s,

as

wel

l as

sp

ecia

lly

pla

nn

ed

pro

gram

s to

mee

t in

div

idu

al d

eve

lop

men

tal

nee

ds.

W

e ca

ter

for

child

ren

ag

ed

bir

th

to

twel

ve y

ears

; o

ffer

ing

sho

rt d

ay,

lon

ger

day

an

d a

fter

sch

oo

l ca

re.

We

pro

vid

e fle

xib

le

and

af

ford

able

child

car

e w

ith

a c

om

mu

nit

y fo

cus.

Kentish Child Care...caring for your

children when you can’t be there.

Our hours of operation are:

Mo

nd

ay t

o F

rid

ay 7

.45

am t

o 5

.30

pm

Ph: (03) 6491 1025

Ph: (03) 6491 1025

Ph: (03) 6491 1025

Ph: (03) 6491 1025

7 Henry Street

7 Henry Street

7 Henry Street

7 Henry Street

Sheffield TAS 7306

Sheffield TAS 7306

Sheffield TAS 7306

Sheffield TAS 7306

kentish@merseyleven.com.au

kentish@merseyleven.com.au

kentish@merseyleven.com.au

kentish@merseyleven.com.au

OUR VISION

Wit

h t

he

fam

ily a

s o

ur

pri

mar

y fo

cus

we

seek

to

p

rovi

de

a d

iver

se

ran

ge

of

serv

ices

th

at

mee

t th

e n

eed

s o

f th

e co

mm

un

ity.

OUR GOALS

To

en

sure

co

nti

nu

ou

s im

pro

vem

ent

of

qu

alit

y

com

mu

nit

y ch

ild c

are.

To

b

e re

cogn

ised

as

a

lead

ing

pro

vid

er

in

a ra

nge

of

serv

ices

th

at s

up

po

rt f

amili

es i

n t

he

care

, n

urt

ure

an

d e

du

cati

on

of

child

ren

.

To

be

reco

gnis

ed a

s a

serv

ice

wit

h h

igh

qu

alit

y

man

agem

ent,

sta

ff a

nd

car

ers.

To

ac

hie

ve

ann

ual

fin

anci

al

sust

ain

abili

ty

and

secu

rity

.

Mersey Leven Child Care Services

Ph: (03) 6424 4855

Ph: (03) 6424 4855

Ph: (03) 6424 4855

Ph: (03) 6424 4855

Fax: (03) 6424 4799

Fax: (03) 6424 4799

Fax: (03) 6424 4799

Fax: (03) 6424 4799

32323232- ---36 Valley Road

36 Valley Road

36 Valley Road

36 Valley Road

Devonport

Devonport

Devonport

Devonport

www.mlccs.org.au

www.mlccs.org.au

www.mlccs.org.au

www.mlccs.org.au

Kentish Child

Care

CHILD CARE BENEFIT

Fam

ilies

m

ay

be

enti

tled

to

a

reb

ate

on

child

ca

re

fees

ei

ther

as

a

red

uct

ion

o

f

fees

or

as a

lu

mp

su

m p

aym

ent

at t

he

end

of

the

finan

cial

yea

r.

Ple

ase

con

tact

th

e

Fam

ily

Ass

ista

nce

O

ffic

er

for

mo

re

info

rmat

ion

, 1

3 6

1 5

0.

SPECIAL CHILD CARE BENEFIT

Ad

dit

ion

al C

hild

Car

e B

enef

it a

ssis

tan

ce i

s

avai

lab

le f

or

exce

pti

on

al c

ircu

mst

ance

s o

r

child

ren

d

eem

ed

‘at

risk

’.

Ple

ase

spea

k

wit

h t

he

Dir

ecto

r o

f o

ur

serv

ice

sho

uld

you

re

qu

ire

furt

her

in

form

atio

n

on

th

is

mat

ter.

OUR EDUCATORS

Th

e st

aff

at

Ken

tish

C

hild

C

are

are

pas

sio

nat

e ab

ou

t p

rovi

din

g q

ual

ity

child

care

fo

r yo

ur

child

/ren

.

Th

ey

are

acti

ve

par

tici

pan

ts

in

the

Ken

tish

co

mm

un

ity.

T

hro

ugh

th

eir

role

at K

enti

sh C

hild

Car

e t

he

staf

f se

ek t

o

bu

ild u

nit

y am

on

gst

the

child

ren

, th

eir

fam

ilies

and

th

e co

mm

un

ity

as a

wh

ole

.

Ou

r st

aff

un

der

tak

e

regu

lar

trai

nin

g an

d

pr

of

es

si

on

al

de

ve

lop

me

nt.

T

his

ensu

res

we

pro

vid

e th

e h

igh

est

stan

dar

d

of

care

fo

r yo

ur

child

ren

as

w

ell

as

keep

ing

abre

ast

of

chan

ges

wit

hin

th

e

child

car

e se

cto

r.

Ou

r st

aff

and

se

rvic

e va

lue

the

fam

ily

gro

up

set

tin

g an

d h

om

e lik

e en

viro

nm

ent

of

the

cen

tre.

OUR PHILOSPHY

Ken

tish

Ch

ild C

are

bel

ieve

s th

at:

•

Ch

ildre

n

des

erve

an

d

hav

e

a ri

ght

to

con

sist

ent

hig

h q

ual

ity

child

car

e.

•

Fam

ilies

sh

ou

ld

hav

e ac

cess

to

fle

xib

le,

affo

rdab

le

child

care

th

at

mee

ts

thei

r

nee

ds.

OUR SERVICE

Ken

tish

Ch

ild C

are

is a

ch

ild f

ocu

sed

ser

vice

wh

ere:

•

Ch

ildre

n,

Fam

ilies

an

d S

taff

are

tre

ated

as

equ

al a

nd

val

uab

le i

nd

ivid

ual

s;

•

Ch

ildre

n

are

enco

ura

ged

to

d

evel

op

to

thei

r fu

ll p

ote

nti

al

wit

hin

a

safe

, ca

rin

g

and

su

pp

ort

ive

envi

ron

men

t; a

nd

•

Fam

ilie

s ar

e

sup

po

rte

d

in

the

ir

rela

tio

nsh

ip

wit

h

the

serv

ice

and

th

eir

righ

t to

be

invo

lved

in

th

e ca

re o

f th

eir

child

ren

.

Imagine your child in a small group

Imagine your child in a small group

Imagine your child in a small group

Imagine your child in a small group

setting, playing, learning and having

setting, playing, learning and having

setting, playing, learning and having

setting, playing, learning and having

fun with educators they know and trust.

fun with educators they know and trust.

fun with educators they know and trust.

fun with educators they know and trust.

That’s what KENTISH CHILD CARE

offers you.

Belonging … Being

...Becoming