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Email(Required)

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Please list ALL children who are part of IHC sessions(Required)

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Reason for accessing IHC

Why is our family unable to use mainstream childcare?(Required)

(Eg. describe the level of remoteness or isolation, provide detail about your complex and challenging needs or circumstances)

What our family does for work?(Required)

(E.g. farming, nursing, policing, aged care, emergency services, aviation, hospitality)

What In Home Care makes possible for our family?(Required)

(E.g. maintaining employment, providing safe and stable care in the home environment, supporting early learning and development, remain connected to workforce participation, managing medical, disability or additional support needs, and maintaining family stability during crisis or high risk periods)

When choosing your educator, what factors influenced your decision, including any consideration you gave to qualifications, experience, skill level, and the impact these may have had on your family’s gap fees?(Required)

Approximately how many hours of In Home Care does your family use per week?(Required)

How did the March wage increase for educators impact your family?(Required)

How do you feel knowing your fees will increase further on July 1st to accommodate further wages rises?(Required)

What would you like the Australian Government to understand about the pressures facing In Home Care familes and what would you like them to do about it?(Required)

(E.g. increase the IHC Hourly Rate Cap to cover more of the GAP fees, base the IHC Hourly Rate Cap on wages associated with skilled educators so that we can achieve good quality care without pain massive gap fees , provide funding to IHC Service so they can continue to support safe quality education and care, include IHC in the wage retention payment so that our educator gets paid properly)

If In Home Care becomes unaffordable, what decisions may you be forced to make?(Required)

(E.g. withdrawing from care, reducing work hours, resigning from your job, leaving the workforce, rely on informal/unregulated care)

How would losing In Home Care affect your child’s safety, wellbeing, education, and routine?(Required)

In one sentence, how would you describe how this situation makes you feel?(Required)

(E.g. scared, angry, exhausted, defeated, or deeply worried)

Without In Home Care, would your family have access to another safe and suitable form of childcare?(Required)

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May we share your story with the Department of Education and other decision-makers?

(This includes news reporters and media)

Yes

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