Samaritans Family and Children's Services
Samaritans recognises the need for quality community child care and provides both centre based and Family Day Care services for children between 6 weeks and twelve years of age at a number of locations across the region.
Leaving your child in the care of Samaritans has many positives for both you and your children:
- Non profit community based care means all care is focussed on your child and not on profit.
- We promote the personal development of your child through play and learning that suits your child as an individual.
- The willingness to include all children. We work within the ethos of equality and encourage the inclusion of children from all cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
Samaritans Family and Children’s Services include:
Brighter Futures
– a Samaritans Wandiyali early intervention programme for young families providing information, referral, quality childcare and parenting programmes through a single-entry point
Family Day Care/In Home Care
– registered carers provide quality childcare in a family-based environment 7 days a week, 24 hours a day to children in Cessnock, Singleton and Dungog areas
Samaritans Early Learning Centre
(ELC), Newcastle – provides high quality long day care for children from birth to six years old
Samaritans Early Learning Centre
(ELC), Woodberry – provides high quality pre-school education for children aged between 3 and 5 years
SCAN
(Supporting Children With Additional Needs) - supports the inclusion of children with additional needs within pre-schools and occasional care services in the Hunter and Central Coast
Out Of Home Care
(OOHC) - provides information and assistance around fostering a child
In Home Child Care
- flexible child care in the child's own home
Kinship Care
- peer support groups and forums for anyone caring for children who are not biologically their own. Carers may be Grandparents, Aunts or other relatives who can participate in weekly informal chat groups to build emotional support and social networking.
Policies
Samaritans Childrens Services - Table of contents
Samaritans Childrens Services - Introduction
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 1
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 2
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 3
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 4
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 5
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 6
Samaritans Childrens Services - Standard 7
Samaritans Childrens Services - Glossary