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FDCQA - 6 Quality Areas and 30 Principles
Page Contents:
- Interactions
- Physical Environment
- Children's Experiences, Learning and Development
- Health, Hygiene, Nutrition, Safety and Wellbeing
- Carers and Coordination Unit Staff
- Management and Administration
Quality Area 1: Interactions
- Principle 1.1: Carers and coordination unit
staff interact with all children in a warm, friendly
and respectful way
- Principle 1.2: Communication between coordination
unit staff and families is effective and supports
the child's placement in care
- Principle 1.3: Communication between carers
and families is effective and supports the family
and child to settle into care
- Principle 1.4: Carers' personal and family arrangements
provide a positive home environment that supports
the provision of family day care
- Principle 1.5: Relationships within the scheme
value diversity, teamwork, mutual respect, understanding
and professionalism
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Quality Area 2: Physical Environment
- Principle 2.1: The indoor and outdoor areas
of carers' homes and play session* venues are
welcoming, comfortable and child friendly
- Principle 2.2: All children have access to
a variety of interesting materials and equipment
- Principle 2.3: Facilities used by the coordination
unit are welcoming and accessible
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Quality Area 3: Children's Experiences,
Learning and Development
- Principle 3.1: Carers respond to the interests
and abilities of all children in ways that support
learning in a home environment
- Principle 3.2: Coordination unit staff support
children's learning though home visits and /or
play sessions
- Principle 3.3: Carers and coordination unit
staff guide children's behaviour in positive ways
- Principle 3.4: Carers and coordination unit
staff promote resilience and social competence
in all children
- Principle 3.5: Carers and coordination unit
staff promote physical competence in all children
- Principle 3.6: Carers and coordination unit
staff foster all children's language, literacy,
curiosity, mathematical thinking and scientific
exploration
- Principle 3.7: Carers and coordination unit
staff support all children's creative expression
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Quality Area 4: Health, Hygiene,
Nutrition, Safety and Wellbeing
- Principle 4.1: The environments
provided for children are safe
- Principle 4.2: Food and drink are nutritious
and culturally appropriate
- Principle 4.3: The health and safety of all
children are protected
- Principle 4.4: Nappy changing, toileting and
bathing are positive experiences for children
- Principle 4.5: Children's needs for rest, sleep
and comfort are supported
- Principle 4.6: Current State or Territory legislation
relating to child protection and wellbeing is
implemented consistently
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Quality Area 5: Carers and Coordination
Unit Staff
- Principle 5.1: Recruitment, selection and orientation
processes for carers and coordination unit staff
encourage and support the provision of a quality
service
- Principle 5.2: The scheme has a systematic process
in place to monitor current practice and identify
areas for continuing improvement
- Principle 5.3: Professional development opportunities
are accessed by carers, coordination unit staff
and others involved in management
- Principle 5.4: The scheme promotes occupational
health and safety
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Quality Area 6: Management and
Administration
- Principle 6.1: Management
practices are ethical and operate within relevant
legislation
- Principle 6.2: The scheme consults and works
collaboratively with all stakeholders
- Principle 6.3: The scheme has an efficient,
effective and ethical process for the management
of records
- Principle 6.4: The scheme has simple and transparent
grievance and complaints handling procedures
- Principle 6.5: Carers and coordination unit
staff are effective advocates for their service
within the community and actively seek to build
links with other agencies to benefit children
and their families
*For the purposes of FDCQA,
the term "play session" is used to describe the
situation where two (or more) carers join together
with their children for child focussed play experiences.
Play sessions may be organised by the carers themselves
or by coordination unit staff.
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