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Inclusion Support Programme User Guide

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Inclusion Support Programme

User Guide

Version 1.2

Version Control

Date

Version

Description

17 June 2016

1.0

ISP User Guide release 1 including information on roles and responsibilities, the Inclusion Support Portal and the Strategic Inclusion Plan.

8 July 2016

1.1

ISP User Guide released. Adds the following sections to ISP User Guide release 1 Inclusion Development Fund, Specialist Equipment.

17 January 2017

1.2

Update to reflect new strategies added to the IS Portal.

1Introduction5

1.1About the Inclusion Support Programme User Guide5

1.2About the Inclusion Support Programme5

2Roles and Responsibilities7

2.1Inclusion Agencies7

2.2ECCC services7

2.3Inclusion Development Fund Manager8

3Inclusion Support Portal9

3.1About the IS Portal9

3.2Accessing the IS Portal9

3.2.1Key requirements for accessing the new IS Portal10

3.2.2Proof of Record Ownership Process10

3.3Providing users access to the IS Portal10

3.3.1User Provisioning10

3.4Transition to the new IS Portal11

3.4.1Legacy Cases11

3.4.2Set up in the new IS Portal11

3.4.3Transition arrangements from IPSP11

3.5Communication from the IS Portal11

4Strategic Inclusion Plan12

4.1Manage SIP and CCB Approvals14

4.2Service Profile14

4.3Educator Profile15

4.4Care Environment15

4.4.1Inclusion Profile15

4.4.2Barriers and Strategies15

4.5Children20

4.6Authorised Personnel20

4.7Reviews21

4.7.1Service Profile review21

4.7.2Care Environment review21

4.7.3Yearly SIP review21

4.8SIP support for applications through the Inclusion Development Fund22

5Inclusion Development Fund23

5.1IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator23

5.1.1Eligibility requirements23

5.1.2Applying for the IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator23

5.1.3Case Details24

5.1.4Care Environment25

5.1.5Children and enrolments25

5.1.6Care week profile25

5.1.7Day summary26

5.1.8All Support Hours26

5.1.9Authorised Personnel27

5.1.10Notes27

5.1.11Endorsements27

5.1.12Approval27

5.1.13Claiming the IDF Subsidy for an Additional Educator28

5.1.14Inactivated IS Case28

5.1.15Withdrawn IS Case28

5.1.16Ending an IS Case ECCC services responsibility28

5.2IDF Subsidy for Immediate/Time Limited Support29


5.2.2Applying for the IDF Subsidy for Immediate/Time Limited Support29

5.2.3Case Details29




5.2.7Day summary31



5.2.10Notes32


5.2.12Approval32

5.2.13Claiming the IDF Subsidy for Immediate/Time Limited Support33



5.2.16Ending an IS Case ECCC services responsibility33

5.3IDF Subsidy Family Day Care Top Up34


5.3.2Applying for IDF FDC Top Up34

5.3.3Case Details34




5.3.7Day summary36



5.3.10Educators37

5.3.11Notes37


5.3.13Approval37

5.3.14Claiming the IDF Subsidy FDC Top Up38



5.3.17Ending an IS Case38

5.4IDF Innovative Solutions Support39


5.4.2Applying for IDF Innovative Solutions Support39

5.4.3Case details40

5.4.4Funding Proposal and Budget40


5.4.6Notes40

5.4.7Attachments40

5.4.8Endorsements41

5.4.9Approval41

5.4.10Expenditure of Funding41

5.4.11Changing the way the ECCC service spends the IDF Innovative Solutions Support funding42

5.4.12Repayment of the IDF Innovative Solutions Support funding42

6Specialist Equipment Library43

7Who to contact for assistance44

Acronyms

Acronym

Description

CALD

Culturally and linguistically diverse

CCB

Child Care Benefit

CCMS

Child Care Management System

ECCC service

Early childhood and child care service

FDC

Family day care

IA

Inclusion Agency

IDF

Inclusion Development Fund

IDF Manager

Inclusion Development Fund Manager

IPSP

Inclusion and Professional Support Program

ISP

Inclusion Support Programme

ISS

Inclusion Support Subsidy

IS Portal

Inclusion Support Portal

SEL

Specialist equipment library

SIP

Strategic Inclusion Plan

1. Introduction0. About the Inclusion Support Programme User Guide

The Inclusion Support Programme (ISP) User Guide provides operational guidance to early childhood and child care (ECCC) services, Inclusion Agencies (IA) and the Inclusion Development Fund (IDF) Manager about the ISP and the Inclusion Support Programme Portal (IS Portal) which supports the programmes delivery.

The User Guide also sets out the roles and responsibilities of IAs and the IDF Manager delivering the programme and the expectation of ECCC services when accessing support from the programme.

Further information about the ISP can be found in the ISP Guidelines 2016-17 to 2018-19. The Guidelines provide comprehensive information about the programme including:

programme objectives;

types of support available;

eligibility requirements, and

how to access support.

This User Guide should be read in conjunction with these Guidelines.

To support the initial rollout of the IS Portal, the ISP User Guide will be released in sections. The first release will include information about:

Roles and responsibilities of IAs, the IDF Manager and ECCC services

Inclusion Support Portal

Strategic Inclusion Plan

By the end of June 2016, the department will issue the remainder of the ISP User Guide, which will include information about:

Inclusion Development Fund (IDF), and accessing IDF through the IS Portal

0. About the Inclusion Support Programme

The ISP is a key component of the Australian Governments Child Care Safety Net and will provide support to ECCC services to build their capacity and capability to include children with additional needs in mainstream services; providing them with an opportunity to learn and develop alongside their typically developing peers.

ISP provides support directly to ECCC services, however families and children with additional needs benefit through improved inclusion and capability for mainstream ECCC services to provide quality inclusive practices and address barriers to include children with additional needs alongside their typically developing peers.

Support available through the ISP includes:

Support from an inclusion professional employed by the IA to assist services to build their capacity and capability to provide and embed inclusive practice in their delivery of early learning and care programmes. This will occur through the development of a Strategic Inclusion Plan (SIP), which looks at the current capacity and capability of a service through a strengths based approach.

Specialist Equipment to facilitate and support the inclusion of a child or children with additional needs.

Funding from the Inclusion Development Fund to address a barrier to inclusion that cannot be resolved through support from an Inclusion Agency or the Specialist Equipment Library (SEL).

1. Roles and Responsibilities

This section outlines the roles and responsibilities of Inclusion Agencies (IA) and the IDF Manager delivering the ISP. It also sets expectations of ECCC services when accessing support from the programme.

1. Inclusion Agencies

IAs will employ skilled inclusion professionals who are able to provide both one-off and intensive support to eligible ECCC services to address inclusion barriers and develop their overall inclusion capability.

As part of this process, the inclusion professional will:

Explain clearly what good inclusive practices are and the benefit of implementing inclusion practices in ECCC services.

Assist ECCC services review their current inclusion practices and identify barriers they experience to include children with additional needs.

Observe educators and children in the care environment to provide practical advice and techniques to facilitate the inclusive participation of a child (or children) with additional needs in the ECCC service and enable interaction with their typically developing peers.

Assist services to consider flexible and innovative solutions to inclusion barriers, which may include short term strategies to assist with settling a child through the provision of bicultural support.

Consider the best support available for ECCC services to overcome inclusion barriers by maintaining knowledge of relevant supports at the local and national level to ensure high levels of funding assist

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