Journey Early Learning Centre - Epsom

• An approved provider of an education and care service that is listed on the Department of Education & Training Category 4 List – at some risk of bushfire or grassfire must ensure that: • The service does not operate on any day that the Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner declares as having a 'Catastrophic' Fire Danger Rating that applies to the area or district at which that service is located.
• The service's emergency and evacuation policies and procedures required under regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations include an Emergency Management Plan for managing the service's bushfire and grass fire related risks.
• The service's Emergency Management Plan is kept up to date, reflects the service's operating context, is reviewed at least once each calendar year, and includes:
o a list of the service's emergency contact details
o procedures for monitoring and managing bushfire and grassfire risks and events
o procedures for identifying and managing events that may cause planned, unplanned or pre-emptive closure of the service
o procedures for notifying families of children enrolled at the service of any closure
o procedures for reviewing and updating the Emergency Management Plan.
• A copy of the service's Emergency Management Plan is made available to the Regulatory Authority on request.

For two days a week, a person who is a suitably qualified person as determined by ACECQA may be taken to be an early childhood teacher for the purposes of regulation 134(1)(a).
The approved provider must take reasonable steps to recruit an early childhood teacher during the waiver period
The approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority within 14 days if the waiver is no longer required