Family day care
Family day care is a high quality home-based early education and care service that gives you the peace of mind and flexibility your family needs.
Qualified early childhood educators support your child in their own family home, providing a safe and nurturing space to learn, play and grow. Your educator will work with you and your child to build a strong relationship, understand their individual needs and enable tailored learning to be developed for each child.
Operated by the Department for Education, family day care services provide an individual learning option for families and children. With small groups and flexible hours, including before and after school, during work hours, school holidays, overnight and weekends, family day care invites your family to be part of ours.
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Become a family day care educator
Build a flexible, sustainable and rewarding early childhood career by becoming a family day care educator. Combine your experience in early childhood education with your passion for nurturing and inspiring young children.
With the flexibility of owning your own business, setting your own hours and home-based work, becoming a family day care educator means work life balance.
Educators manage their own family day care service, with the support of the Department for Education’s family day care team.
About us
The Department for Education has been providing family day care services for more than 40 years. Family day care educators are qualified and skilled in providing high quality home-based childcare and education services to help children learn and thrive.
