Family Facts and Figures

Staff (or caregivers) in different types of child care services: Employment status, qualifications and in-service training undertaken, 2002

 

  Employment status   
Service type Paid full-
time staff
(%)		 Paid part-
time staff
(%) 		Paid casual
staff
(%)		 Staff with
formal
qualifications (a)
(%)		 Staff who
undertook in-
service training
in the last
12 months (b)
(%)
Private long day care 43 24 27 55 72
Community based long day care40 27 26 55 71
Family day care
   Coordination staff
   Caregivers		 36
 
 		 55
 
 		 7
 
 		  
70
26		86
 
 
In-home care
   Coordination staff
   Caregivers		 25
 
 		 59
 
 		 8
 
 		  
64
34		76
 
 
Outside school hours care 6 26 64 38 60
Vacation care 8 13 74 -
Occasional care 21 33 36 51 66
Multifunctional services 35 23 40 46 83
Multifunctional Aboriginal
children's services 		51 22 22 40 63

Source: Department of Family and Community Services (2003), 2002 Census of Child Care Services Summary Booklet, Canberra.

(a) Formal qualifications include early childhood related teaching, outside school hours care specific courses, primary teaching, nursing (including Mothercraft Nursing), a Basic Child Care Certificate (one year), a Child Care Certificate or Associate Diploma (2 years), a Diploma or Degree in Child Care (3 years or more), or other qualification relevant to the operation of a service (e.g. Accountancy, Psychology, Social Work, Business Management).

(b) Includes management/financial training, training for additional needs children, other child care related or other relevant training.

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