If your child has a specific health care need, allergy or medical condition, please provide full details when enrolling. Families are required to provide a current Medical Management Plan, completed by the child’s doctor or allied health professional, outlining how their needs should be managed. Kids’ Early Learning will work with families to develop a Risk Minimisation Plan and ensure relevant educators are informed of the child’s requirements.
Medication
Children who require prescribed medication cannot attend Vacation Care without the medication required for their medical condition. Medication must be supplied in its original container, labelled with the child’s name, dosage and administration instructions.
For school-aged children who self-administer medication, parents or guardians must provide the appropriate written authorisation before the child can administer their own medication. Specific arrangements also apply for children managing asthma, diabetes or other ongoing medication.
Allergies
Kids’ Early Learning services are nut free. Families will be advised where an enrolled child has an allergy requiring particular foods or substances not to be brought into the service.
Excursions
Children’s medical requirements continue to be supported while attending Vacation Care excursions. Required medications, an emergency asthma kit and an adrenaline auto-injector are taken on excursions, with procedures incorporated into the excursion risk assessment in case a medical incident occurs.