Optimising your Child Care Subsidy hours

Freedom to choose how you use your Child Care Subsidy

We know that there is no one size fits all option for our families when it comes to child care and early education. That is why we give families the freedom to choose which hours best suit their needs.

Designed to reduce out of pocket costs and increase access to subsidised hours, the new flexible model is part of our commitment to providing greater access to quality early childhood education and care.

More than just sessional care, at our centres, you can choose from our nine-hour, ten-hour or full day sessions and make the most out of the Child Care Subsidy.

Does your current child care centre offer you the below flexibility?

Choose your drop off and pick up time

No limits within licensed operating hours.

No late fees or charges

No additional fees within licensed operating hours

30-60 minute grace periods

No stress if you’re late within licensed operating hours. 30 minutes grace for 9-hour sessions, 1 hour for 10-hour

*All savings are dependent on child care hours, activity hours and combined family income.

Flexible Hours options may not work for everyone but at our centres you have the freedom to choose the option. Our team is always available to assist. Read further for more information or contact us anytime to chat more. We look forward to welcome you in centre!

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Optimising your hours - Frequently Asked Questions

Our centre is now offering nine-hour, ten-hour and full day sessions to support families to make the most out of the government’s Child Care Subsidy. They are called ‘flexible’ because they give families the flexibility to choose which hours best suit them.

Flexible hours provides flexibility for the child’s attendance at the centre to allow different start and finish hours each day.  Other providers offer sessional care with specified start and finish times which may incur penalties if care is required outside of these times.

The centre does not receive any additional revenue for the implementation of flexible hours. We benefit simply by being able to offer families quality, flexible options and a point of differentiation from other providers.

We understand life doesn’t always go to plan. That is why we have implemented a grace period of half an hour for the nine-hour session and one hour for ten-hour sessions that are scheduled within the centre’s normal operating hours. If parents opt for a full day then no grace period applies as this is outside of the centre’s normal operating hours.

Families can be assured that there are no hidden fee increases within the flexible model with the hours offered for the one current centre fee rate.

Families who opt for nine hours have the luxury of a 30-minute grace period while those who opt for ten hours have an overall grace period of one hour. If they go over this time-period, provided it is not outside of the centre’s normal operating hours, there is no financial penalty. Families will simply have their attended hours adjusted.

Families can compare out of pocket costs and allocated subsidised hours by entering their own details on our Child Care Subsidy Calculator featured on this website.

Where possible we want to maximise the childcare subsidy entitlement for the family by back dating it. Please note, the government only permits changes to Child Care Subsidy submissions for up to 21 days prior to notification.

A new Complying Written Arrangement (CWA) will be issued to your Centrelink account.

Families eligibility for subsidised care is determined by an activity test. The maximum hours a family may access is 100 hours per fortnight. To determine what you may be eligible for visit servicesaustralia.gov.au.

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