"School's out for summer!” Words that strike terror into the hearts of many parents. With a little planning and a change in your mindset, summer holidays can present fun opportunities for travel, camps and timeout with your kids. Read our six tips for a stress-free summer here.
Whats New
Nanny Sharing With parents finding it hard to get childcare places when they need them, especially if it's only for a few days a week, nanny sharing is a very good alternative. Nanny Sharing is a solution that is working really well for families across the country and DIAL-AN-ANGEL can make it work for you. Read more.
CareerMums Survey - Paid Parental Leave CareerMums recently conducted a ‘pulse’ survey on the issue of paid parental leave in response to the Productivity Commission’s release of their draft report. 90 per cent of respondents believe that paid parental leave is an important employment entitlement to encourage retention in the workplace, but not at the expense of the viability of businesses. You can read more here
Crèche Care for your next event DIAL-AN-ANGEL provides short-term, innovative, safe professional care at events for any number of children from 6 weeks through to teens. DIAL-AN-ANGEL’s childcare services will improve the accessibility of your corporate function to all parents. We can even provide crèche services for weddings, celebrations and in-home parties, in fact for any event at all!
Articles about Childcare & Babysitting
Thinking about installing Nanny-cam? Think about these things first (NAN.ee-kam) n. A special video recording and surveillance system utilised in private homes and commercial environments to monitor the standard of care supplied by nannies and carers who are required to work with a child, disabled or aged person with restrictions. Read the entire 'Thinking about installing Nanny-cam?' article
Who's minding your children? You are a working or single parent, you leave home before your child goes to school and you're unable to be there when they come home. School holidays are approaching and the holiday care is limited. Sound familiar? Read the entire 'Who's minding your children?' article
Coping strategies for bringing home baby You have survived many tiring months of pregnancy. You have made it through the excitement of labour and delivery and now you are ready to head home and begin caring for your baby. Once home you frantically realise you have just taken on a 24-hour a day job! Read the entire 'Coping strategies for bringing home baby' article
Why family friendly policies are good business sense A family friendly workplace is said to be one in which employees have employer support and flexibility to be able to meet family commitments, a company that will allow them to have a better balance between their work and family lives. Read the entire 'Why family friendly policies are good business sense' article
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November 2008
Welcome A lot of information about childcare in the community has surfaced since the collapse of ABC Learning centres and most recently CFK Centres. Since we have been providing in-home childcare services to Australians for more than 40 years we thought that we would share our experience and some fresh ideas with you. As Christmas and school holidays approach parents need even more support and access to quality carers so we trust that this edition will provide information, ideas and even inspiration! The good news is that not only are we prepared to share our experience with you but we are happy to provide the carers you need.
Until next time, Danielle Robertson CEO, DIAL-AN-ANGEL Pty Limited
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