Glossary

Family Day Care (FDC)

Education and care delivered from an educator’s own home; every adult residing there needs a Working With Children Check.

Family Day Care is approved education and care provided to small groups of children in an educator's own home, rather than in a centre. It is governed by the National Quality Framework and supported by an approved FDC service that registers and oversees individual educators.

Because the care happens in a private residence, the screening reach is wider than for a centre. Every adult who lives at or regularly works from the home, not just the educator, generally needs a current Working With Children Check. The educator must also meet first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma training requirements, and hold at least an approved qualification or be actively working towards one.

For workers, this means your home becomes a regulated workplace, so household members are part of the compliance picture. For coordinators, it means tracking clearances across the educator and their household. Keeping every adult's WWCC current on a Career Passport helps you see at a glance who is cleared and when checks are due to expire.

See also
Working With Children CheckOutside School Hours Care

This is general information, not compliance advice. Always confirm requirements with the relevant regulator, and remember that providers keep the legal responsibility to sight credentials and decide who can work.

We work hard to keep it accurate, but the rules change and we will not always get every detail right. If you think something here needs updating, email us at resources@koora.care. We would genuinely rather know, because we all do better when we help each other get it right.

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