Family Day Care Educator Fee Schedule
| BOOKED/ROUTINE CARE: Minimum booking hours of 6-8 hours for non-school age children and 2 hours before and/or 2-3.5 hours after school for school age children. | COST $ |
| Standard hours: 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday | $8.45 – $11.50 |
| Non-standard hours: before 8am and after 6pm Monday to Friday | $9.45 – $16.05 |
| Non-standard hours: Saturday | $9.45 – $16.05 |
| Non-standard Hours: Sunday (up to double time) | $16.90 – $23.00 |
| CASUAL CARE: Families who call to book care on a needs basis. No routine sessions are included (care that is cancelled less than 24hours before the start of booking time fees will be charged) | COST $ |
| Standard hours: 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday | $9.45 – $12.50 |
| Non-standard hours: before 8am and after 6pm Monday to Friday | $10.45 – $19.05 |
| Non-standard hours: Saturday | $10.45 – $19.05 |
| Non-standard Hours: Sunday (up to double time) | $11.45 – $24.70 |
| SCHOOL HOLIDAY CARE: Booked hours of care | COST $ |
| Standard hours: 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday | $8.45 – $11.50 |
| Non-standard hours: before 8am and after 6pm Monday to Friday | $9.45 – $16.05 |
| Non-standard hours: Saturday | $9.45 – $16.05 |
| Non-standard Hours: Sunday (up to double time) | $16.90 – $23.00 |
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: | COST $ |
| All physical care provided on a public holiday (double time) | $16.90 – $24.70 |
| HOURLY FAMILY ADMINISTRATION LEVY: | COST $ |
| The hourly administration levy is charged by our service and will be included in the fees listed above. | $1.70 |
| MEALS: If Educator is responsible for providing meals. | COST $ |
| Breakfast | $3.00 OR $4.20 |
| Lunch | $4.00 OR $4.20 |
| Dinner | $4.50 OR $5.20 |
| Snacks | $2.50 OR $3.20 |
| TRAVEL: Travel is charged per trip, per family if the child/children are being driven to the same location. | COST $ |
| This will be capped at $6.00 per family. Families who require transportation to multiple sites will be charged $3 for any other drop off and collection destinations. | $3.00 |
| Or per 5KMs | $3.40 |
| LATE FEES: | COST $ |
| Educators may choose to charge a late / Non-communication fee to the value of $5.00 if failing to notify the educator of any changes to the booking 15 minutes prior to the booked time. Please see individual fee schedules. This is a cash payment collected by the educator that does not attract CCS. | $5.00 |
Note:
- If fees are overdue, then care may be refused until full payment has been made.
ABSENCES:
- All absences are charged at the booked/routine care rate and CCS is paid for 42 allowable absences, across all childcare services per financial year (this includes all public holidays, illnesses and holidays taken by the family).
- CCS cannot be claimed for absences taken for more than (4) consecutive weeks.
- In order to keep a child’s place whilst on annual leave, a holding fee of 100% of the normal contracted fee is payable and needs to be paid to the Educator prior to the annual leave commencing. A receipt will be issues for the full amount paid by the parent. When a holding fee is paid, that child’s place must be available if required by the parent. This means that the Educator must be available to provide care if needed. Holding fees are not compulsory. Parents who choose not to pay the holding fee may risk losing the childcare place.
- If a child is absent on the first or last day of care, full fees will be charged as Child Care Subsidy will not be paid for these absences.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY CARE:
- If school holiday care has been booked and then not required, your Educator will need to be notified on week prior to the school holiday.
- If school holiday care has been booked and a public holiday falls in that time fees will not be charged for these days.
CASUAL CARE:
- Casual care booked that is cancelled will not accrue a fee if the family call to cancel care within 12 hours of the booking. Families who do not cancel the care will be charged the daily fee for the absence.
TERMINATION OF CARE:
- Either parent of Educator must give one weeks’ notice if they wish to cancel care. NOTE: Child Care Subsidy cannot be paid for days ending with an absence.
AVALIABILITY OF FDC EDUCATOR:
- If the Educator is unavailable to provide care – no absence day will be charged.
