Community Connections Solutions Australia (CCSA) is a not-for-profit, non-government, membership-based organisation that supports the management of high-quality early childhood services and other community organisations.

Current issues

CCSA has prepared a summary document outlining Budget announcements relevant to the ECEC sector. You can download the document here.

• CCSA response to the review of the Supplementary Provisions Regulation

CCSA has prepared a submission to the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) in response to the Statutory Review of the Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Regulation 2004 (NSW Regulations). These are the regulations that will apply to non-National Quality Framework services. CCSA believes that the DEC move to make further amendments to the Regulations to bring about a closer alignment between the national and state regulations is a positive step for the sector. You can read the full CCSA response here.

For more details and links, and regular updates, click here.

• Forms for committee members

There has been quite a lot of confusion around the forms which committees members are required to complete to comply with the new regulations. Our latest advice from the Department of Education and Communities is that the following forms must be provided:

PA08 – Notification of change to information about approved provider - to be completed by the service provider
PA02 – Declaration of fitness and propriety - to be completed by committee member who are office bearers
CSDF3 – Working With Children Check - to be completed by each committee member
P799 – Criminal History Check – to be completed by officer bearers and the Public Officer. Alternatively, Criminal History Checks can be completed online, through National Crime Check.

Please contact us if you need any further information about this.