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Priority of Access

The priority of access is as follows:

First Priority: Staff employed by the Area Health Service on the specific site of the Child Care Service are to receive first priority.

Second Priority: Staff employed by the Area Health Service are to receive the second priority with places given to staff at the sponsoring Hospital.

Third Priority: Staff employed by other Area Health Services and other Health System Services are to receive the third priority.

Fourth Priority: Should the Centre be unable to fill all the child care places from within the above categories then places will be available to the community.

Within these categories length of care provided is to be in accordance with work hours and reasonable travel time, e.g. 15 minutes either side of shift, 30 minutes if off campus.

Special consideration shall be give to:

• families with a sibling(s) currently attending the Centre;
• shift-workers;
• families on lower incomes;
• single parents and families in which both parents are working;
• aboriginal families;
• parents or children with on going disabilities;
• families from a non-english speaking background.

As stated in the NSW Health Department Child Care Program Manual (1996).