The family day care sector is growing.


More and more families are realising the benefits of having their children cared for in a home environment.
 
And, maybe you've got the qualities, drive, and ambition it takes to lead a team and make an impact as a family day care approved provider...  but you just aren't sure about how to navigate the stringent application process.


I get it. The application process can be very tough and overwhelming. But the rewards are worth it. You can be running a family day care service with over 100 children per day over 15 locations.

To become approved to operate a family day care service you, will need to be granted approval by submitting these three applications:

1. Approved Provider Application (Individual CV and Organisational Structure) 
2. Service Approval Application (Service Operational Requirements)
3. Child Care Subsidy Application (CCS) (Business Operations)

 The three approvals can take up to two years or more to be fully processed.

 However, you can start operating your family day care service within 6 months of your Service Approval being granted, 
and now you can submit your CCS application much earlier than before putting you in a great position to be able to administer the Child Care Subsidy as soon as you service approval is granted.

The approval process can be challenging... but I can help you!

Hi, I'm Jodie Signorino, a recognised governance and leadership adviser, specialising in approvals and improving family day care services. 

I am passionate about giving children the opportunity to be cared for in a home environment, and I am committed to ensuring that service owners and their team are equipped with everything they need to operate a safe program. I've helped hundreds to succeed in the approval process, and then operate a profitable and compliant business.

I've put together The Approved Provider Accelerator Program to help you prepare for the application process to become a family day care (or Centre Based) approved provider. I cover everything you must know when being assessed by state and federal regulatory authorities to be approved to operate an education and care service in Australia.

What's inside the Approved Provider Accelerator program?

  • Business planning: Understanding the family day care business model, and your role in it. Who is who in family day care to build your organisational structure. Registering your business name and understanding the legal liabilities of your service. Tips for market research to support your applications including branding, advertising and marketing. Preparing your Business Plan including cash-flow projections for approval to administer CCS and commence operating a financially viable Education and Care Service.
  • How to develop your ​policies and procedures: The importance of policies and procedures and how they keep you, your staff, educators and the children in your service safe. What you need to know about policies and procedures before your assessment.
  • ​Understanding the application process to become an approved provider. The documentation you will require, what you be assessed on, and how to apply the legislation to the multiple choices scenario questions you will be given during your assessment. Developing your resume and your business philosophy.
  • Sample scenario questions: There are six scenarios for you to work through, similar to what you will be assessed on, to prepare you for the assessment. I go through the scenarios in detail to explain the responses that you will be expected to give. This section is invaluable to applicants. 
  • ​A certificate of completion upon request

Bonuses you'll find inside the Approved Provider Accelerator Program...

✔️ ​Resume development
​✔️Explanatory videos (approximately 6 hours of content)
✔️ ​Professional Resources and contacts 
​✔️Discounted access to policies and procedures (for your Service Approval application) 
✔️Discounted access to the JPS Business Plan Template including Cashflow, Fee Schedule and Educator Rates
✔️​ Direct access to me, a recognised education and care governance, and management expert
✔️ Sample Governance Statement 
✔️ Downloadable workbooks  
... and so much more
This could be the most important step of your career. Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work.

Frequently Asked Questions! (FAQs)

1. What is involved in an assessment to become a family day care approved provider?

There are many stringent rules and regulations around operating a family day care service, because the approved provider is responsible and holds the liability for everyone involved in the service. This includes managing educators and staff, and ensuring children are kept safe. For this reason, the assessment process is very thorough (not necessarily hard, but thorough!).

In order to start your own family day care service, you will need to get through three applications (approvals); two with the state regulatory authority and the final one with the Federal regulatory authority (CCS Approval). 

The approval (applications) requirements become more demanding and stringent at each stage, including the written assessments. This is to ensure that applicants are able to put the legislation into practice, and to sustain a viable business funded with taxpayers money.

2. Who is this course for?

People wanting to start their own family day care service.
Approved Providers wanting to improve their understanding of governance, leadership and management.
Nominated Supervisors and Coordinators seeking professional development in governance and management and career projection.
 
3. How will this course prepare me for the assessment?

This course will prepare you for the three applications required to open and operate a successful, viable, and compliant education and care (family day care or centre-based) service for children and families. The videos and practice workbook in this course will fully prepare you for your written approved provider assessments with the state and federal regulatory authorities, as the scenarios we go through will demonstrate exactly what the assessors are looking for during your interview and beyond. 

4. Will completing this course guarantee that I will be successful in the assessments for becoming an approved provider?

This course outlines everything you need to know to prepare you for your assessments. JPS has a 98% success rate with their Approved Provider application and their Service Approval application. Once you have obtained these approvals, you can then start operating your service.

When you apply for the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), your approval will be based on your Governance Statement and supporting documentation but also your work history and background checks such as a Name Check, Bankruptcy Check, work history etc.  

The assessors will assess your business practices in relation to how you will administer government funds, so you will be required to make some business decisions that only you can make, such as where you will operate, who will be responsible for which tasks as per your organisational structure and so on, and that's where I come in.  Consulting with me and my team will provide with information, support and resources to make the best decisions for your business. So yes, although we can never guarantee (as we don't have access to everything the Federal Government does) we do ensure you are in the best place for approval and can guarantee you will have all the right resources to be successful. 

5. What other services does JPS provide?

JPS works with service providers also (so yes, we are here for you beyond approval) to provide and deliver Professional Development training and support, prepare for Assessment and Rating, ensure your policies and procedures remain current and provide coaching, training and management services to the sector. 

Yes. I want to access The Approved Provider Accelerator Program to give myself the best chance possible of success with my applications.

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