Policy and Program Perspective
Nexus Seminar for Early Childhood Educators and
Family Support Practitioners
Penny Creamer Director, Children & Family Programs
Early Childhood Education and Care
Department of Education and Training
10 October 2015
8% children from Aboriginal
and/or Torres Strait Islander descent
570,000+
Early Childhood in Queensland
In 2012 26.2% Queensland children assessed as developmentally vulnerable on one or more
AEDC domains
ECEC Services
• Long Day Care
• Kindergarten
• Outside School Hours Care
• Limited Hours Care
• Family Day Care
• Vacation Care
• eKindy
200,000+children aged 0 to 5
are enrolled in
2855 approved ECEC
services
Early Childhood Education and Care
A shared responsibility among families, and education, health and family
services, and includes community-based approaches. Multi / trans-
disciplinary by nature.
Early Childhood Development
Home
School
Community
Family
Child
Regulated ECEC
Early years of schooling
Long Day Care
Family Day Care
Limited Hours Care
Kindy
Prep to year 3
Outside school hours careEC
EC s
erv
ices
Ages 4 5 0 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Integrated services
Family Support services
Collective Impact
Child focused activities
Subsidies and grants
New Early Years Services
Early Years Centres
Children and Family Centres
Range of family support services e.g. Parentline, Remote Area Family Support, Health and Wellbeing
Intensive ECD Support trial
Platforms trial sites
Child and Family Support Hubs
Playgroups
E.g. Disability Support Funding, capital grants
Earl
y ye
ars
serv
ices
.
Tertiary
Secondary
UniversalPlaygroups
Approved servicesSchools
Early Childhood Development –
Levels of Intervention
Children and
Family Centres
Child and Family Hubs
Early Years
Centres
Family support
Integrated Services
Integrated Early
Childhood
Development
Services
Hubs
25Coordination and
Collaboration of ECD
Services
EYCs
14
Services
Special
ists
ECEC
4
CFCsServices
10
Parent &
Fam
Support
Child
Health
Child
Health
Parent
& Fam
Support
ECEC
Speciali
sts
Cairns, Doomadgee, Ipswich,
Logan, Mackay, Mareeba,
Mornington Island, Mount Isa,
Palm Island, Rockhampton
North Gold Coast,
Caboolture,
Browns Plains, Cairns
Deliver or broker universal services and
targeted services, referrals, multidisciplinary
staff, multi-modal delivery, culturally relevant,
community development and capacity
building focus, partnerships.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families,
multidisciplinary staff, culturally relevant
approaches, capacity building focus.
10
Satellites in
neighbouring
communities
Child
Family
Services
Community
• Long Day Care
• Kindergarten
• Pre-Kindy and Families Programs
• Baby health clinics
• Breast feeding advice
• Immunisations
• Child development support
• Health screening and
assessments
• Ante and post natal screening
• Financial assistance and advice
• Referral to specialist advice
services
• Access to individual case
workers
• Transport assistance
• Emotional support programs
• Playgroup
• Outreach and home visiting
• In-home or in-centre counselling
• Enrolment support
• Toy libraries
• Cooking classes
• Healthy lifestyle programs
Specialised services
Early childhood education Family support programs
Child and maternal health
Integrated services
Family Support – Intensive ECD
Support Program trial
Intensive ECD Support ProgramsDET-funded
Support transition to ECEC services
Therapeutic
ECEC
Intensive
Supported
Playgroups
Home
visitingParenting
Programs
Led by an
Early
Childhood
Teachersuch as
Intensive Family Support, Targeted Family Support,
Therapeutic Counselling ServicesDCCSDS-funded
receiving
Families experiencing multiple & complex issues
where appropriate
Support for ECEC Educators - Early Years
Connect
http://earlyyearsconnect.com.au/
Early Years Services – Family Support
ARC Family Support
Supported playgroups
Child and Family
Support
Parentline
Remote Area Family
Support
Early Years Health &
Wellbeing
Intensive ECD Support
What’s next? Opportunities
• Platforms collective impact project
– How to build on learnings from trial sites?
• New integrated Early Years Services
– Purpose-built, access to ECEC, wrap-around
health, parenting and family support
• Early Years Connect
– Building the capability of educators
• Results Based Accountability
– Consistent, effective measures
across all funded services, to ‘turn the
curve’ on early childhood outcomes
Thank you
Any questions?
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