Mobile Children's Services - Welcome to 2009

Hello everyone!

Welcome back!

The team at MCSA hope you had a good break over Christmas and New Years.

We have hit the ground running, providing a Manual Handling Workshop on Tuesday in the Hunter Valley and heading to the Riverina next week to run and Introduction to OH&S as well as Manual handling - All adapted to the circumstances of Mobile Children's Services.

We will be very busy in Term 1.

Tim will continue the work with Mobile Preschools and funding issues as well as working with small centre-based services to see if becoming Mobile is a better option. Please call for copies of MCSA's templates on Business Planning. DOCS is re-convening the Preschool Investment and Reform Working Group.

Tim will also be contributing the Children's Services Regulation Review Industry Reference Group which convenes for 2009 on 3rd February. Call for your copy of MCSA's submission to the Review.

Please continue to refer any of your governance and management issues to Tim.

Melissa continues to pull together a lot of information on Early Childhood practices and is facilitating MCSA's activities in organsiaing Mobile Meet 2009 which will be held in Sydney, probably in Week 2 of September.

Please continue to refer any of your early childhood practice issues to Melissa.

As well as keeping the office and the books running, Di is also contributing to MCSA's strategy to connect the admin/bookkeepers in Mobile Children's Services. Give Di a call.

Please keep an eye out for our first e-letter in week 2 of term.

If you would like to be on our e-list, give us a call: 02 4958 7888.

Regards,

The team at MCSA

Di, Melissa and Tim