Feasibility Report: Launching a Child Care Center in Australia

This report examines the viability of establishing a child care center in Australia, highlighting its increasing importance in the Australian society due to rising employment rates among parents. It addresses the significance of child rights as defined by international bodies like the United Nations and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), emphasizing the need for protection, education, and welfare. The report analyzes the current state of the child care industry in Australia, noting its growth into a billion-dollar sector with substantial government funding and assistance. It assesses the prospects of future growth, emphasizing the need to balance educational and welfare aspects and the importance of ensuring safety and well-being through measures like CCTV surveillance and the potential benefits of employing women in childcare centers. The report concludes that launching a child care center in Australia is a promising venture, supported by government initiatives and aligned with the evolving needs of Australian families.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Child Care Center are proving to be one of the most essential aspects of Australian society
as more and more families in Australia are opting to enroll their child in the child care center.
The Government of Australia assists the families whose children are enrolled in the child care
centers by allocation of budgets to the child care centers as well as the deduction of fees of the
children who have been enrolled in the child care centers. The prospects of launching a child
care center is immense in Australia as in future, the number of children enrolled in the child care
center will only grow exponentially. The child care centers must make sure that the children are
given all the rights and privileges which have been promised to them by the various international
bodies and also to enable the children to receive both educational and welfare development
through the child care center.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................3
CHILD RIGHTS..........................................................................................................................3
SITUATION OF CHILD CARE IN AUSTRALIA....................................................................4
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING...................................................................5
ASSESSING THE PROSPECTS OF CHILD CARE CENTRE.................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

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INTRODUCTION
The Childcare centers are proving to be an essential part of the Australian society as
more and more Australian families are opting for enrolling their child in the childcare centers.
The essence of childcare centers has only increased exponentially over the years due to the
increasing number of Australian families comprising of both the parents being employed and
working. The Government of Australia also provides relief to the parents who have their child
enrolled in the childcare center. The assignment deals with the prospect of launching a child
care centre in Australia and which aspects to focus while creating the child care centers. The
important child rights and acts passed by the international bodies must be strictly adhered to in
order to provide for the welfare of the child.
DISCUSSION
CHILD RIGHTS
Children are guaranteed human rights by almost all the international bodies of the world
such as the United Nations, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the UNESCO.
The rights guaranteed to the children include the right to have basic needs such as protection,
right to education,, right to have association with the parents, need for physical protection, right
to food and the right to health. The children are also guaranteed protection from any type of
discrimination whether it be on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, color or
gender. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) states that children are to be
guaranteed political, social, economic and the social rights. The Convention is ratified by all the
international countries and has compliance with all the international laws. The UN Committee
on the Rights of the Child assesses the compliance and this body submits an annual report to

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the United Nations General Assembly. Every year, the United Nations analyses and assesses
the situation of the plight of children and recommends the member countries to formulate plans
and reforms to safeguard the rights and freedom of the children (Humanrights.gov.au, 2018).
The atrocities committed against children, such as rape, abuse and discrimination are strictly
condoned by the International bodies and the United Nations formulates policies to safeguard
the interests of the child (Brown 2016). These rights and guidelines must be strictly adhered to
by the Child care centers so that the child does not face any discrimination or prejudice while
they are at the child care centers.
SITUATION OF CHILD CARE IN AUSTRALIA
The childcare sector has grown exponentially in Australia over the last few decades.
Either the majority of the Australians being employed in some form of employment and majority
of the Australian families comprising of both the parents being employed, hence, it becomes
important to hire a nanny or a babysitter for overseeing the child or getting the child enrolled in a
childcare centre (Grisham-Brown, Hemmeter and Pretti-Frontczak 2015). The child care
industry has grown to become a billion dollar industry over the years with as many as 14 per
cent of the Australian toddlers enrolled in child care centers compared to a mere 6 per cent of
the British toddlers or the higher 23 per cent of the U.S. toddlers. The current statistics reveal
that 600 000 Australian children under the age of 11 years are enrolled in the day care services
(Aph.gov.au, 2018). With the advent of time, it is observed that the children enrolled under the
day care services are not only from the affluent families but there has been enrollment of
children belonging from the poorer households as well. Even some children are enrolled whose
parents are not employed in any organization or government agency. This reveals the fact that
the child care centers in Australia have become an essential part of the Australian society (Pate
et al. 2015). The importance of the childcare center is going to increase in the future as more
and more Australian families are preferring child care centers to enroll their child.

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GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING
The importance given to the childcare centers by the Government of Australia can be
interpreted from the fact that by the 1990s about $1.5billion was allocated to the child care
centre (Aph.gov.au, 2018). The Government of Australia provides the Childcare Assistance to
the parents who have their children enrolled in the childcare services. The benefit of this
assistance is that the fees of the children are reduced for the parents who have enrolled their
children in the various types of childcare such as long day care, family day care and other pre-
schools (Melhuish et al. 2015). The assistance given by the Government of Australia highlight
the fact that the Childcare services have become a necessity for the Australian families and it is
necessary for the caring of the children. The fact that even families where both the parents are
not employed and still sending their children to the child care centre reveals the fact that
children are able to learn more and develop their cognitive abilities faster in the child care
centers (Lamb et al. 2014). With the introduction of so many childcare centers, the childcare
centers are now more competitive and cater to provide the best services to the welfare of the
child as well as enabling the parents to be relaxed about the safety and security of their child.
ASSESSING THE PROSPECTS OF CHILD CARE CENTRE
The prospects of childcare centre are immense in Australia. The Government of
Australia providing allocation of budget to the child care services in Australia prove the fact that
Child Care Centers are becoming extremely important for the Australian society. The debate is
ongoing as to what should be the main criteria for the Child care centers, whether the child care
centers should emphasize more on the welfare aspect of the child or whether the child care
centre should focus more on the educational aspect of the child (Denzin 2017). The eminent
educators and policy makers are of the opinion that the children should be provided the
educational assistance on a welfare basis. This allows the institution of child care to cater to a

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holistic service to the child and ensure the overall cognitive as well as academic growth of the
child. The challenge for the Government of Australia is to decide upon the framework, which
shall act as a guideline for securing the safety and well-being of the child. It is important to
ensure that the child care services are secured by enabling the monitoring of the premises by
installing CCTV cameras (Greenbaum 2015). There is also an opinion amongst the common
people that employing women in the childcare centers can prove beneficial for the children, as
women are generally more close to the children. The emotional supports, which will be provided
by the women employees will make them, feel comfortable and at ease when the children will
be in the childcare centers (Norris 2017).
CONCLUSION
From the above analysis, it is clear that the launching of a childcare centre in Australia is
a viable option and there are immense prospects which can be achieved by launching the child
care center. The Government of Australia allocates special budget for the Child Care center in
Australia. The Childcare center can improve their services by employing women and adjoining
both the educational as well as the welfare aspects of the child development strategy. The
overall emphasis must be on the holistic development of the child which can increase the
cognitive ability of the child as well as enable the child to become a better human being. The
Child Care Center in Australia is now a social necessity.

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