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
Early Childhood in Queensland 8% children from Aboriginal 570,000+ and/or Torres Strait Islander descent In 2012 26.2% Queensland children assessed as developmentally vulnerable on one or more AEDC domains ECEC Services 200,000+ • Long Day Care • Kindergarten children aged 0 to 5 • Outside School Hours Care are enrolled in • 2855 Limited Hours Care • Family Day Care approved ECEC • Vacation Care services • eKindy
Early Childhood Education and Care
Early Childhood Development School Child Family Home Community A shared responsibility among families, and education, health and family services, and includes community-based approaches. Multi / trans- disciplinary by nature .
Outside school hours care Early years of ECEC services schooling Prep to year 3 Kindy Long Day Care Regulated ECEC Limited Hours Care Family Day Care Subsidies and grants E.g. Disability Support Funding, capital grants Collective Impact Platforms trial sites Early years services Child focused activities Playgroups Intensive ECD Support trial Family Support Range of family support services e.g. Parentline, Remote Area services Family Support, Health and Wellbeing New Early Years Services Early Years Centres Integrated services Children and Family Centres Child and Family Support Hubs Ages 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Early Childhood Development – Levels of Intervention . Tertiary Family Secondary support Children Early Child and and Years Family Family Centres Hubs Centres Universal Approved Playgroups Schools services
Integrated Services Coordination and Collaboration of ECD 25 Satellites in Cairns, Doomadgee, Ipswich, Services Logan, Mackay, Mareeba, 10 neighbouring Mornington Island, Mount Isa, communities Palm Island, Rockhampton 10 Hubs 4 North Gold Coast, Child Caboolture, Health Browns Plains, Cairns Parent & Fam 14 Support Integrated Early Child Services Health CFCs Childhood Parent & Development Fam Support Services ECEC Services EYCs Speciali sts ECEC Special ists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, multidisciplinary staff, culturally relevant approaches, capacity building focus. Deliver or broker universal services and targeted services, referrals, multidisciplinary staff, multi-modal delivery, culturally relevant, community development and capacity building focus, partnerships .
Integrated services Child and maternal health Specialised services • Baby health clinics • Financial assistance and advice • Breast feeding advice • Referral to specialist advice • Immunisations services • Child development support • Access to individual case Services • Health screening and workers • Transport assistance assessments • Ante and post natal screening • Emotional support programs Child Family support programs Early childhood education Family Community • Playgroup • Long Day Care • Outreach and home visiting • Kindergarten • In-home or in-centre counselling • Pre-Kindy and Families Programs • Enrolment support • Toy libraries • Cooking classes • Healthy lifestyle programs
Family Support – Intensive ECD Support Program trial Support transition to ECEC services where appropriate Led by an Therapeutic Intensive Home Parenting Early ECEC Supported visiting Programs Childhood Playgroups Teacher such as Intensive ECD Support Programs DET-funded Intensive Family Support, Targeted Family Support, DCCSDS-funded Therapeutic Counselling Services receiving Families experiencing multiple & complex issues
Support for ECEC Educators - Early Years Connect http://earlyyearsconnect.com.au/
Early Years Services – Family Support Early Years Health & Wellbeing Remote Area ARC Family Family Support Support Child and Family Supported Support playgroups Intensive ECD Support Parentline
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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