Supporting families needing In Home Care in NSW & SA

In Home Care

In Home Care is a type of education and care for families that are unable to access family day care, out of school hours or centre based day care because of their family’s specific needs. In Home Care provides an educator to care for children in the children’s own home for families.

 

Are you eligible for In Home Care?

It is the role of the In Home Care Support Agency to advocate on behalf on your family. If you are eligible for In Home Care, we will be the conduit between your family and the Service Provider to ensure the needs of your family are met.

Not sure if you are eligible? Families must meet the following criteria:

  • Children of individuals eligible for Child Care Subsidy
  • Families must demonstrate that other childcare options are not available or are suitable, and must also meet at least one of the following criteria:
  • The family is geographically isolated from other types of approved child care, particularly in rural or remote locations
  • The parents or carers are working non-standard or variable hours, outside normal child care service hours.
  • The family has challenging or complex needs.

Challenging or complex needs mean:

  • a child with additional needs or a disability whose early childhood education and care requirements cannot be catered for in another approved child care setting, or through other government funded or community-based services
  • a family where a parent is undergoing treatment for a serious illness
  • other complex family situations that prevent families from accessing other approved childcare types.

If you would like to speak with the IHC Support Agency contact us. If you would like to start the application process, fill in the IHC eligibility application form and send the application and all support documentation to info@ihcsupportagency.org.au .

For more information about the eligibility process for In Home Care please visit the Department of Education In Home Care page.

Resources for families

Download the brochure for families

Resources for families during COVID-19

Talking to children during COVID-19

Download this fact sheet

Use this picture book

Watch this video

Read this website (lots of videos)

Listen to this podcast

Read this website

Talking to children about physical distancing

Read this website

Physical distancing for children with autism/downs or other disabilities

Covid-19 Resources for Parents

 

A 'Where to' Guide for parents about Covid-19

ABC Kids resources for lockdown

Children's book: We're going to a Covid-19 testing clinic

What's in The Nest - General wellbeing resource 0-24 years

The importance of routines

Read this website

Read this website

Our In Home Care Support Agency supports families and services in NSW and South Australia.

To contact In Home Care Support Agencies for the other states and territories please click here.

This is a list of the In Home Care service providers in NSW and South Australia:

NSW

Contact details

Phone

02 8201 7000

Email

ihc@alhca.com.au

Website

www.alhca.com.au

Contact

Teresa Roberts

 

Contact details

Phone

02 6293 6579

Email

fdc@commsatwork.org

Website

commsatwork.org

Contact

Sue Parker

 

Contact details

Phone

0429 825 851

Email

sue@mfdc.net.au

Website

Midcoast Family Day Care and Eastern States In Home Care

Contact

Ailsa Carr & Dianne Mitchell

 

Contact details

Phone

02 6025 1241

Email

theteam@familyfriend.com.au

Website

familyfriend.com.au

Contact

Tamara Fitzsimmons

 

Contact

Kathi Preston

 

Contact details

Phone

02 8756 5031

Email

admin@MIHELP.com.au

Website

www.mihelp.com.au

Contact

Leanne Farmer

 

Contact details

Phone

0415 402 133

Email

leanne@mummymetime.com.au

Website

mummymetime.com.au

Contact

Charlotte Lynch

 

Contact details

Phone

0437 137 730

Email

ihc.coordinator@nrcs.org.au

Website

nrcs.org.au

Contact

Andrea Manzo-Dong

 

Contact details

Phone

02 9779 9999

Email

info@nswihc.org.au

Website

nswihc.org.au

Contact

Louise Dunham, Sianan Tierney, Rachelle Teycheney

 

Contact details

Phone

1300 854 624

Email

info@placementsolutions.com.au

Website

placementsolutions.com.au

Contact

Trudy Statham

 

Contact details

Phone

0402 193 862

Email

inhomecaretamworth@gmail.com

Website

facebook.com/inhomecaretamworth

South Australia

Contact

Emma Kingate

 

Contact details

Phone

08 8339 1257

Email

enquiries@afihc.com.au

Website

afihc.com.au

Contact details

Phone

08 7118 7000

Email

ihc@alhca.com.au

Website

https://www.alhca.com.au/

Contact

In Home Care Team

 

Contact details

Phone

08 8462 0222

Email

careandsupport@hesselgroup.com.au

Website

hesselgroup.com.au

Contact

Deanne Hughes

 

Contact details

Phone

0413 857 991

Email

Deanna@LittlePoppins.com.au

Website

littlepoppins.com.au

Feedback and complaints

More information on how to provide feedback or lodge a complaint can be found here.

Have questions?

Call us toll free on:

1800 IHCARE (1800 442273)

info@ihcsupportagency.org.au

The In Home Care Program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we sit, The Wangal and Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

We acknowledge their ongoing connection to land, sea, sky and waterways and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge the First Nations People have been caring and educating the children of this land for tens of thousands of years