AusscotFamily Day Care
Flexible, quality child care in the Educators home or home environment.
About Us
We have been helping Educators and families to deliver and access flexible child care since 1980.
We’re an approved Family Day Care service licensed and regulated under the National Quality Framework.
Ausscot Family Day Care was previously known as Tamworth Family Day Care.
Ausscot Family Day Care assist Educators and families to deliver and access flexible child care in their home or home environment.
Become an Educator
Would you like to run your own business as a contractor from your own home or home environment?
You can choose your own hours, and even set your own fees (conditions apply).
Becoming a family day care Educator with Ausscot Family Day Care provides you with a very rewarding and flexible career.
We're committed to:
The National Quality Framework (NQF)
Supporting working and non-working families
Recruitment, training and support of Educators
Providing quality childcare to the community
Supporting families and their childcare choices
“We are a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to protecting the rights and safety of all children and young people and have established strong policies and practices to ensure their wellbeing.”
– Joanne Spinner, Manager.
Our Philosophy
Vision
The rights and best interests of the child are at the forefront of all practice.Purpose
Commitment to providing a high-quality early childhood service to the benefit of all stakeholders including children, families, educators, staff and the community. We achieve this by:- Placing the rights and best interests of the child first, in all instances
- Respecting and supporting families as their child’s first and most important teacher
- Management, coordination unit staff and educators are dedicated to quality outcomes for all children
- Viewing children as successful, competent and capable learners who are given opportunities to construct their own understandings, contribute to the learning of others, and participate in decisions that affect them
- Embedding equity, inclusion and diversity in all practice
- Providing all children with the opportunity to succeed, with their diverse circumstances, cultural backgrounds and abilities respected and valued
Values
At Ausscot Family Day Care, we value inclusive practices, ethical decision making, and respectful relationships built on honest and open communication. We achieve this by our commitment to:- Aspiring to support families by providing choices in their search for quality childcare, in a unique and caring environment that meets their expectations and needs
- Providing a service that is flexible, dynamic and responsive to the needs of the children, families, educators, community, management and coordination unit staff
- Advocating for children, families, educators and coordination unit staff
- Providing up to date, progressive training and support to educators and coordination unit staff, that reflects a commitment to the guiding principles of the National Quality Framework, National Law and the Approved Learning Frameworks
- Acknowledging, respecting and valuing Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the other cultures represented within our community
- Supporting children to become environmentally responsible