AISV - Compliance Framework, Outside School Hours Care

Requirements for establishing an Outside School Hours Care operation.

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AISV Compliance Framework

Outside School Hours Care - startup

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Do you need to comply?

Yes - if you intend starting an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program that will qualify for the Australian Government Child Care Benefit.

Conditions of compliance

To become an approved OSHC operator:

a person/s or organisation must apply to the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
be assessed as suitable to become an approved child care operator
be allocated a number of outside school hours care places.

To enable the Department to assess an applicant's eligibility to become an operator, you must complete an application form and submit relevant documentation for approval as a Child Care Benefit service.

If you have to comply, what do you have to do?

As an operator of an OSHC service you accept the legal responsibilities associated with setting up and administering the service. These include:

meeting Commonwealth accountability requirements
repayment of Commonwealth funds which cannot be acquitted
ensuring the operator and key personnel are suitable persons to operate a child care service
compliance with Commonwealth, State/Territory and local government laws and regulations
claiming Child Care Benefit and other entitlements on behalf of eligible families.

Outside school hours care services will be required to participate in a quality assurance system to continue to be an approved service for Child Care Benefit purposes.

What are the consequences if you don't comply?

You may be in breach of the family assistance legislation. Australian Government funding may be terminated and sanctions could be imposed.

Who will help you?

AISV contact:

Peter Roberts
Assistant Director, Management Services
Ph. 03 9825 7211
peter.roberts@ais.vic.edu.au