Aussie Childcare Network Forum

Hi there,

I just completed my diploma in childcare and found a job in a good centre. However, I still want to open my own childcare care centre in south-east suburb, Melbourne, in near future. Ideally, I would start with small amount of children around 20-30 everyday. I've contacted a few business sell agencies, however, they told me the childcare business is very popular recently and would be very hard to buy an exist-centre.

I have a few questions about this business:
1) should I start now or wait for another a few years after I get more experience? Government is currently working on this area, I'm afraid I might miss good opportunity if I start after a few years. what do you think?
2) would it work if I rent a residential property and then restructure it after as it will be too experience if I buy a land and build a new one. also, I don't want to do the franchise. Is there any other ways to start with?
3) I found that there are so many childcare centres in Melbourne. Do you think it's still on storage?

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Lorina,

Thank you so much for your reply. It's very useful. I agree with you that I should gain more experience in this industry before I start to run a centre. Also, I know it's easier to use my own property as a start. However, for certain reasons, I'm unable to make it in this way. I would prefer to rent a residential spot to run a centre rather than using my own property running a family day care.Would it work as well? If it works, what should I do? Where should I start with?

thank you so much for your quick reply again!

I would prefer to rent a residential spot to run a centre rather than using my own property running a family day care.Would it work as well? If it works, what should I do? Where should I start with?

So does this mean you're interested in FDC but would rather use another property other than your own?

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Lorina

Hi Lorina,

I'm not very interested in FDC; especially I have a partner, she will invest this busniess and work on together with me (I asked the staff from council here, she said I'm not allowed to work on with or hire someone else if I run a FDC). Also, I would like to rent a place to do the business not use my own property.

Best regards,
Jana

Lorina wrote:In my opinion I really think that you should gain alot more experience! You have got so much to lean in this industry and now that you are qualified you can experience it first hand.. You should also consider a "Nominated Supervisor" role or even a Director position which will really put you in the drivers seat. These two positions enable you to really feel what it's like to running a centre since you will be dealing with each and every part of running a service.

Can Jana hire an experienced director who can be "Nominated Supervisor"? This helps her to get started soon instead of waiting till she gets few more years of experience under her belt.

Hi Jana,

I just went through this forum. I am on same boat at the moment. I live in Melbourne, just curious how did you go with your childcare plan. Did you open one finally. Please do share your experience.

Thanks