Priority of Access
The priority of access is as follows:
First Priority: Staff employed by the Area
Health Service on the specific site of the sponsoring Hospital
of the Vacation Care Service are to receive first priority.
Second Priority: Staff employed by the
Area Health Service are to receive the second priority.
Third Priority: Staff employed by other
Area Health Services and other Health System Services are
to receive the third priority.
Fourth Priority: Should the Service be
unable to fill all the places from within the above categories
then places will be available to the community.
Within these categories length of care provided is to be
in accordance with work hours and reasonable travel time,
e.g. 15 minutes either side of shift, 30 minutes if off campus.
Special consideration shall be give to:
- families with a sibling(s) currently attending the Service;
- shift-workers;
- families on lower incomes;
- single parents and families in which both parents are
working;
- aboriginal families;
- parents or children with on going disabilities;
- families from a non-english speaking background
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