Member Survey: Recovery Package Sep 2020

We are inviting those who work directly in Child Care Subsidy approved services or provider organisations to share their thoughts on the Child Care Recovery Package announced over the weekend by Federal Minister for Education, Dan Tehan.

We would appreciate your input, which should take around 5 minutes. We may use the results to provide realistic, detailed information to interested stakeholders (policy makers, media, researchers). All data is de-identified to protect your privacy and the privacy of families at your service. We will not provide your contact information to third parties without your authority.

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* 1. Please select the type of service you are describing:

Long Day Care

Family Day Care

Pre-school or Kindergarten

Outside School Hours Care or vacation care

In-home Care

Child & Family Service (multi-purpose)

Other (please describe)

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* 2. Please select your role in relation to your ECEC service:

Director/Manager

Owner

Administrator

Educational Leader

Teacher/Educator

Other (please describe)

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* 3. Please provide the state/territory of your organisation.

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* 4. Please provide the postcode of your organisation.

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* 5. Do you anticipate that the Child Care Recovery Package announced this weekend will be beneficial to your service or organisation?

Yes

Unsure/ don’t know yet

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* 6. How do you anticipate your service will fare after the Transition Payments come to an end on the 27th of September?

We will be better off than we are now

We will be worse off than we are now

We will be roughly the same as we are now (neither better nor worse)

Unsure / don’t know yet

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* 7. Specifically in regards to the relaxed activity test for families whose activity level has been impacted by COVID-19, and its extension to 4 April 2021: are you expecting families at your service to have access to more sessions of care than they would if it weren’t extended?

Yes

Unsure/ don’t know yet

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* 8. What do you anticipate your service’s financial viability for the balance of 2020 (ie September 2020 – December 2020) to be in comparison to the same time period last year (ie September 2019 – December 2019)?

Worse

Better

Unsure/ don’t know

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* 9. Have any of your families indicated that they are experiencing financial hardship and/or advised that they have applied for Additional Child Care Subsidy?

Yes

Unsure

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* 10. If yes, have they received the support they needed?

Yes

Unsure

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* 11. Are there children in your service who you are worried about?

Yes

Unsure

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* 12. If yes, please select all that apply:

Children expressing heightened anxiety or stress

Children with developmental delay or regression

Children attending reduced days/hours who would benefit from more

Children transitioning to school next year who would benefit from more time in early learning

Other (please specify)

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* 13. On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 10 (extremely) how would you describe the stress of the staff team in this service or organisation are experiencing at the moment?

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* 14. Please describe what additional support or investment from government would be good for the children and families in your service and why.

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* 15. Please take a moment to provide us with any additional details that you would like to share about your organisation’s current situation and outlook for the remainder of 2020 based on the Child Care Recovery Package announced this weekend.

If you have specific comments about the end of Transition Payments, the Employment Guarantee, fee freeze conditions and/or the relaxed activity test until April 2021, please include that here.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.