| Street address | Upper Level, Kendall Community Centre 22 Warwick Ave CAMMERAY NSW 2062 |
| Postal address | PO Box 578 CAMMERAY NSW 2062 |
| Telephone number | (02) 9955 4244 |
| Emergency Mobile number | 0448 22 66 22 0448 CAMM CC |
| cammeraychildrenscentre@gmail.com |
How to join our waitlist
To join our waitlist, or to receive information about our service please email us at cammeraychildrenscentre@gmail.com.
Visiting the centre
Visits to the centre are made by appointment when the service has availability. If you would like to visit the service when a place is available, please complete an Expression of Interest Form.
We understand that choosing an early childhood service can be a very daunting experience, but fortunately, there are many resources which can help you make your decision. For information about choosing a service have a look at the Starting Blocks website.
Starting Blocks also has information about services, including quality ratings, fees and availability. In addition, we recommend that you:
•Visit any prospective centres and look at the learning environment
•Meet the educators who will be caring for your child on a daily basis
•Have a list of questions that will help inform your decision
•Speak to other families.
Telephone and email communications
At Cammeray Children’s Centre the best interests of our children are our first priority. To minimise disruptions to our programs, we have a special telephone system. Calls of a non-urgent nature may be made to our regular phone line during the day on (02) 9955 4244. If our staff are available, they will take your call, otherwise, please leave a message on the answering machine and we will return your call as soon as possible. If it is an emergency and you need to contact the Centre, you can call us on the Centre’s mobile on 0448 22 66 22.
For email correspondence, please contact us at cammeraychildrenscentre@gmail.com. In most circumstances, this email account is checked when the centre is open (Tuesday to Friday during business hours).
How to contact our regulatory authority
As a NSW based service, Cammeray Children’s Centre is regulated by:
NSW Early Learning Commission
Information and Enquiries
Early Childhood Education Directorate. NSW Department of Education
Locked Bag 5107
PARRAMATTA NSW 2124
Website: https://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education
Email: information@earlylearningcommission.nsw.gov.au.
Phone: 1800 619 113 (toll free)
Keeping our children safe: child protection at Cammeray Children’s Centre
At Cammeray Children’s Centre, the safety, rights and best interests of children is paramount. Policies and procedures are in place in relation to providing a child safe environment.
The nominated supervisors and staff members at the service who work with children are aware of the existence and application of the current child protection laws in NSW) and understand their obligations under that law. The following provides families with information about child protection in NSW and the duty of our staff to report risk of significant harm to children.
What is a risk of significant harm?
A risk of significant harm is one that may have substantial and demonstrably adverse impact on the safety, welfare or wellbeing of a child and that is serious enough to warrant a response by a statutory authority.
A child or young person is at risk of significant harm if the circumstances that are causing concern for the safety, welfare or wellbeing of the child or young person are present to a significant extent. It may be one act or omission or an accumulation of acts and/or omissions.
You can go to https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/Protecting-kids/reporting-child-at-risk/should-i-call for more information about what may be considered a significant risk of harm.
Who can make a report?
Anyone who has reasonable grounds to suspect a child or young person is at risk of significant harm and has current concerns about the safety, welfare or wellbeing of the child or young person should make a report. You do not have to be certain, you only need to make sure your concerns are well founded and based on information you know or have from a reliable source.
You can make a report by phoning the Child Protection Helpline on 132 111 (TTY 1800 212 936) for the cost of a local call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In an emergency, where there are urgent concerns for the child’s health or life, call the police using the emergency line triple zero (000).
Who to contact about compliments, complaints or concerns.
Compliments, grievances or complaints about the service may be directed to the Nominated Supervisor. The Nominated Supervisor may be contacted on (02) 9955 4244 or cammeraychildrenscentre@gmail.com. We appreciate the time taken to give us feedback and to continue to strengthen our service. You may also contact the regulatory authority on the number or email above if you have a concern regarding the health, safety or wellbeing of a child while attending an ECEC service.
Useful contacts
Child Protection concerns
Child Protection Helpline 132 111
Support with children’s health and development issues
Royal North Shore Community Health Centre 9926 7111
Parenting Questions and Support
Parentline 1300 1300 52
Tresillian Parent’s Help Line 1300 272 736
Poisons
Poisons Information Centre (24 hours) 13 11 26
An Interpreter
Telephone Interpreter Service 13 14 50
When you’re feeling down and need to talk
Beyondblue 1300 22 46 36
Lifeline 13 11 14
When you’re not sure who to call
Call the centre and we’ll do our very best to refer you to people or information that you might be looking for.