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3. Before travelling overseas register your travel and contact details online or at the local Australian embassy, high commission or consulate once you arrive, so we can contact you in an emergency.
If you are planning to place your child or children in a child care facility or employ the services of baby sitters or nannies overseas, you should satisfy yourself about the standards of child care provided in the country concerned. Overseas child care centres are not bound by Australian regulations and standards of child care can be very different from those in Australia. As you would before placing your child into child care in Australia, you may wish to research issues such as: accreditation standards of child care providers; whether the child care provider has in place appropriate strategies to prevent child abuse; the hiring and screening procedures of staff including background criminal record checks; qualifications of the staff caring for children; the ratios of staff to children; training of staff, including training in first aid and emergency procedures; the security arrangements of the child care centre premises; validity of personal injury liability insurance; and children’s health and vaccination issues.
For useful ideas on how to select reputable child care providers please visit either the National Childcare Accreditation Council’s website on www.ncac.gov.au or Child Wise’s “Choose with Care” program available on www.childwise.net