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indego

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◦ Member since February 2013
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10 years ago

Nappy Changing In An OOSH Centre

Category: Workplace & Employment

By the "only one qualified to change nappies" do they mean you have the highest qual, or that you're the only one that's got a 'child care' qualification? I used to run an independent servic...

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10 years ago

Trouble at new centre

Category: Experiences & Advice

I'm in a very similar position, Elianaa. I started in an OSHC service four weeks ago, and my list of complaints is already multiple pages long. BASIC stuff like ratios not being met, utter d...

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10 years ago

Expected to buy own supplies?

Category: Workplace & Employment

She's the owner, so the only place I can go is straight to the Department of Education and Training - which I'm seriously considering. On Friday, the owner was working on her laptop in an em...

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10 years ago

Working Out CCR and CCB In FDC

Category: Workplace & Employment

The CCR isn't means tested, and anyone can claim back 50% of their fees up to $7500 per child, per year. The CCB is means tested, and the amount the family can claim back will depend on thei...

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10 years ago

Expected to buy own supplies?

Category: Workplace & Employment

Thanks for the feedback I'm looking into getting parents to donate goods, but I get the feeling the owner will make this difficult. She's very keen on looking her version of professional, wh...

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10 years ago

Air Con Tempreture Setting Within The Room

Category: Workplace & Employment

I really feel the cold, and really feel the heat (Heat is much more of a problem for me) so I can sympathize with wanting the room warmer/cooler... But 30 is insane. Temperature should be re...

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10 years ago

OSCH/OOSH Service Pen Pals

Category: Open Discussions

That's a fantastic link! Thank you so much

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10 years ago

Disclosing Illness to Potential Employers?

Category: Workplace & Employment

Thanks for the reply I applied for a job completely on a whim (to good an offer to pass up, after school care coordinator with 15 hours admin), given I applied well before I was planning to...

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10 years ago

Explaining sick leave to 5-12s

Category: Workplace & Employment

So the "Everything looked contained," turned out to be not accurate. There was a few implants outside the tumor, and microscopic cells found in pelvic washings. While this doesn't change my...

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10 years ago

Piercings In Childcare, What Are Your Thoughts?

Category: Workplace & Employment

I coordinate an OSHC service, and we rewrote our policy regarding tattoos and piercings at the start of the year after one of our staff got those spacer earring things done over summer. The...

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