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ALLOCATION OF PLACES For Co-op to remain financially viable, we have to fill places vacated as soon as possible. We, therefore, attempt to fill vacancies as they occur. Places are offered according to the Federal Government's Priority of Access guidelines. The Priority of Access Guidelines must be used by approved services to allocate available child care places wherethere are more families requiring care than places available. When filling vacant places, a service must fill them according to the following priorities: Priority 1: a child at risk of serious abuse or neglect Priority 2: a child of a single parent who satisfies, or of parents who both satisfy, the work, training, study test Priority 3: any other child. Within these main Priority categories, priority should also be given to children in: • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families • families which include a disabled person • families on lower incomes • families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds • socially isolated families • single parent families We also give priority to children on the waiting list who have siblings already at the centre. All things being equal parents who have had their name on the waiting list longest will have priority. |