Early Years Centres
The Queensland Government has established Early Years Centres at Caboolture and Nerang.
Early Years Centres are also planned to open at Browns Plains in 2009 and Cairns in 2010.
These centres will extend the services and support available for children and their families in these areas.
The Early Years Centres will be ‘one-stop-shops’ where early childhood education and care, family support and health services are available for families expecting a child or with children aged up to eight years.
These services will be provided by experienced staff such as early childhood educators, family support workers and child health nurses, who will work with and provide support to children and parents.
The four Early Years Centres will also provide services from sites in neighbouring communities to families who are unable to access the centres or who prefer to go to a site closer to their home.
Home visiting services and outreach programs and activities may also be provided from local community venues.
Children, parents and communities will all benefit from the Early Years Centres.
Children will have opportunities to:
- play and learn in a stimulating setting
- receive quality child health services, including specialist services when required
- access quality early childhood education and care services
- utilise services and resources at home, including toy library and outreach.
Parents will be able to:
- receive parenting information, practical support and advice in the one location
- share ideas and experiences with other parents
- feel more confident and competent in their parenting role.
Communities will:
- be more child and family friendly, and supportive of parents in their nurturing role
- have a reduced need for intensive and expensive services over the long term.
Services
Early Years Centres will provide a range of services including:
- high quality early childhood education and care
- advice on child health and development
- health screening and assessments
- immunisations
- pre and post natal support
- referrals to existing programs
- referrals to specialist services
- personal and individual support
- parenting information
- playgroups
- toy libraries.
Early Years Centres
Caboolture
- Address:
- Caboolture Early Years Centre
Corner Tallon and Manley Streets
Caboolture East Qld 4510 - Telephone:
- (07) 5428 1477
- Fax:
- 5428 2621
- Email:
- officeeyc@ladygowrie.com.au
Nerang
- Address:
- North Gold Coast Early Years Centre
Corner Martin and White Streets
Nerang Qld 4211 - Telephone:
- (07) 5578 1346
- Fax:
- 5578 1215
- Email:
- EYCenquiry@bensoc.org.au
Early Years Centres are also planned to open at Browns Plains in 2009 and Cairns in 2010