Resources, materials Sample Clauses

Resources, materials and equipment are sufficient in number and organised in ways that ensure appropriate and effective implementation of the program. Physical environment Regulations and Schedules will include the additional requirement that: In centre based services • Link to relevant standards of the Building Code of Australia. • A minimum of 3.25 sq m of unencumbered floor space to be provided for each child. This may include: • verandas in some services (approval of regulator required). • A minimum of 7 sq m of useable outdoor play space to be provided for each child. This may include: • verandas in some services (approval of regulator required); • access to outside space required for outside school hours care services/ • additional indoor space (such as a gymnasium) in school aged care services (approval of regulator required). • Outdoor space to be enclosed by a fence or barrier that prevents a child (from birth to school age) from going through, over or under • Specified shaded outdoor play space to be provided • Toilet and washing facilities available to children must be accessible from both indoor and outdoor • Rooms to be well ventilated. • Indoor spaces allow exposure to natural light. • Space to be allocated for administrative functions, private conversations and parent consultation. • Separate indoor space to be provided for children under the age of two years. • Outdoor space designed to afford children opportunities to explore and experience the natural environment. • Space is organised to encourage choice and to facilitate active engagement with the environment. • Each child to have access to furniture, materials and equipment suitable for the educational program. • Services that are unable to comply with particular facilities requirements apply to the regulator to be considered to ‘deem to comply’ with those requirements. In home based services • Risk assessments of the family day carer’s home are regularly conducted to ensure the health and safety of children. • The Carer’s own home has appropriate kitchen and bathroom facilities and fencing Examples of the type of content to be covered in Guidelines: • Venue Management Plan for Out of School Hours Care services using shared premises • Description of unencumbered floor space, that is exclusive of any passageway, thoroughfare, storage areas (including areas required for bedding), children’s lockers, built in furniture, cots, separate sleeping areas, toilets, bathrooms, washrooms, kitchens, offices, laundries,...