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Hi all, New here, I have started my CHCECE002 unit and have a question that any amount of googling I feel I'm not getting anywhere, struggling to understand I suppose. The question is: How regulations outline provision for collaboration and establishing relationships with families?

I have linked regulations with law and provisions with policies..but I'm still struggling..any help with understanding? cheers

In the National Regulations it states:

Part 4.6 Collaborative partnerships with families and communities

157 Access for parents

(1) The approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that a parent of a child being educated and cared for by the service may enter the education and care service premises at any time that the child is being educated and cared for by the service.
Penalty: $1000.

(2) The nominated supervisor of an education and care service must ensure that a parent of a child being educated and cared for by the service may enter the education and care service premises at any time that the child is being educated and cared for by the service.
Penalty: $1000.

(3) A family day care educator must not prevent a parent of a child being educated and cared for by the educator as part of a family day care service from entering the family day care residence or approved family day care venue at any time that the child is being educated and cared for by the educator.
Penalty: $1000.

(4) Despite subregulations (1) to (3), the approved provider, nominated supervisor or family day care educator is not required to allow a parent to enter the education and care service premises if—
(a) permitting the parent’s entry would—
(i) pose a risk to the safety of the children and staff of the education and care service; or
(ii) conflict with any duty of the provider, supervisor or educator under the Law; or
(b) the provider, supervisor or family day care educator reasonably believes that permitting the parent’s entry would contravene a court order.
Notes.
1 A compliance direction may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).

2 Other regulations also relate to collaboration with families including requirements to give information about educational programs to parents, for parents to provide enrolment information, for information to be provided or displayed to parents and for administration areas to have adequate space for consulting with parents.

Ref: National Regulations

Hope this helps,

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Lorina