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UnitingCare Children’s Services is a Service Group of UnitingCare NSW.ACT. Our services, operated in cooperation with Uniting Church congregations across New South Wales and the ACT, provide quality early childhood education, care and support to more than 6,000 children during the early stages of their development.

Our goal of ‘nurturing confident and creative learners’ is the primary focus of all that we do across our Long Day Care, Preschool, Outside School Hours Care and Occasional Care (Before and After School Hours Care and Vacation Care) services.

UnitingCare Children’s Services is committed to providing accessible children’s services that are affordable and of the highest quality delivered in a not-for-profit, community service approach.

All of the services within the UnitingCare Children’s Services organisation operate under a child and family focused service model, to fulfil the Uniting Church’s objective to protect and care for children.  Our services are either ‘locally managed’ by a local Uniting Church congregation or ‘directly managed’ by UnitingCare Children’s Services. 

Both models enable local congregations to maintain an active involvement within the service through advisory and consultative committees, and operate under the UnitingCare Children’s Services guidelines and principles.  The ‘directly managed’ model allows a service to draw upon UnitingCare Children’s Services experience in quality service provision and management of service operations for children and their families. 

UnitingCare Children's Services offers the following types of care: 

• Long Day Care

Long Day Care services are usually open for 10 or more hours per day for five days per week. They provide care for children from 6 weeks to under 6 years.  Please contact the service for details regarding hours of care.  

• Preschool

Preschools generally care for children aged 3 to under 6 years, although some may be licensed to take children from 2 years of age.  Please contact the service for details regarding hours of care.   

•  OutsideSchool Hours Care

This care is usually provided before and after school hours and during school holidays for school-aged children between the ages of 5 to 12. Hours of care vary from service to service.  Please contact the service for details regarding hours of care.  

• Occasional Care

Occasional Care offers parents the opportunity and flexibility to leave their child for short periods of time, either on a casual basis or as a temporary booking. Care may be for short periods of time, depending on the service. Please contact the service for details regarding hours of care.   

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UnitingCare Children's Services Directly Managed Services -  services which are managed centrally by the UnitingCare Children's Services Central Office.