Kids loving EGHS family day care

Six months on from the beginning of East Grampians Health Service’s partnership with Let’s Go Family Day Care, many staff haven taken advantage of the service.

The family day care service opened in September 2024 and enables staff who are asked to work shifts at short notice (including night shifts) or who are unable to access their usual care provider (including family carers) to have access to casual family day care facilities that are a short walk from the health service.

Staff from a variety of areas of the health service are utilising the facility, including Volunteer Coordinator Hannah Jennings, whose daughter Kate attends the service

Ms Jennings said the family day care service enabled her to continue to work and not reduce her hours of work due to being unable to source childcare at short notice.

She said her daughter loves attending family day care.

“Every week she asks me if she is going to work with me today,” Ms Jennings said.

“There is plenty on offer – there is a plan in place and activities are structured around events such as Valentines’ Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas and they also go on outings.”

Ms Jennings said the service provided is similar to what any child would have at day care but on a smaller scale as there is more one on one time.

“It is a great asset to have for the organisation,” she said.

“It is available for staff to use if grandparents can’t baby sit, one-off days during school holidays where there is no one to look after the kids and those one-off days where before or after school care is needed, or if you are waiting for a spot in another childcare service.”

For further information staff should contact Donna Halloran-Foster donna.halloranfoster@eghs.net.au or contact Let’s Go Family Day Care on letsgofdc@outlook.com or 0402 315 332.