2025 LOOSH FEE SCHEDULE AND CONSENT FORM

Session description	Fee type	Permanent   fee	Casual fee	Session length
Before school care: 7am-9am	Flat fee	$22.25	$24.25	2 hours
After school care: 3pm-6pm	Flat fee	$33.40	$35.40	3 hours
Vacation care: 7.30am-6pm	Flat fee	n/a	$88 In Centre Day $99 Excursion	10.5 hours

Fat Zebra fees

• LOOSH uses the merchant 'Fat Zebra' to process fee payments. 
• LOOSH childcare fees will appear as the service name - "Leichhardt Out of School Hours" on your account statement.
• In addition to your weekily owing balance, families will also be subject to a transaction fee. Transaction fees are as follows: 
• Direct debit fee: $0.75 per transaction
• Credit card fee: 1.75% of the total transaction  
• Fat Zebra also charge families a $2.50 Rejection Fee for any rejected payments

Other fees

• Membership Fee - $10 per parent per year

• Failure to notify the service of an absence will incur:

  -  First three non-notifications in a calendar year: $10 non-notification fee per instance.

  - Four to five non-notifications in a calendar year: $20 non-notification fee per instance.

  - Six or more non-notifications in a calendar year: $50 non-notification fee per instance. 

• In the event that a non-notification results in contacting the Emergency Services, a $200 non-notification search fee will be applied, not subject to childcare subsidy.

• Early Fee - $2 per minute before 7am
• Late Fee - $2 per minute after 6pm
• Water Bottle Fee - $10 - should a child not have a water bottle during Vacation Care 

Kinderloop

Educators will be taking photos of activities and children participating in the day to day activities at the centre for the purpose of developmental reporting and secure parent communication. This includes group photos shared with other family members from LOOSH.

If you do not wish for educators to take your child's photo you will still have access to all Kinderloop features, however photos containing your child will not be posted by educators.

Kinderloop photo permission - Please indicate below if you do or do not consent to have the image of your child/ren captured by educators for the purpose of developmental reporting & secure parent communication using our private Kinderloop. This includes group photos shared with family members of other children attending LOOSH.

As a part of your enrolment at our service, we require you to confirm acceptance of the following items in order to be eligible to receive Government funding (CCS), if available.

Acceptance of these items, as well as some of the other information in your enrolment form, can be used as a Complying Written Arrangement. LOOSH's CWA can be found on the OWNA app. 

Please read these items and confirm via the checkbox your acceptance of these items:

• I confirm that my details in my child's enrolment form as well as the details of the child I am enrolling are correct including supporting documents e.g. medical conditions, medical action plans, court orders. 

• I confirm I have agreed to days of care with this service(s) and understand the start and end times of the care provided

• I confirm that care may be provided on a casual or flexible basis where available at my service(s) at my request

• I confirm I understand the usual fees associated with the care of my child, which may vary from time to time.
• I confirm I understand that transaction fees will be passed on to families in addition to usual weekly fees.
• I confirm I have read the policies and procedures and understand the behaviour management process. This can be found on our LOOSH website: https://loosh.org.au/

Terms and conditions: 

• I understand my designated payment method will be debited each Thursday for the amount owing up to the end of that week inclusive of transaction fees.   

• I understand my 2025 membership fee will be added to my account as my registration is processed.

• I understand that after 3 consecutive billing rejections my child's enrolment may be suspended until the debt is paid in full.

• I confirm that the information provided in this application and in my child's enrolment form is true and correct and will be relied upon by the Service. 

• I understand that my account must have a current CWA, updated payment details and signed Direct Debit Request (DDR) form. In the event that either form is outstanding, I understand that my child's enrolment will be suspended pending the completion of both forms. 

• I have read and understand LOOSH's procedures, conditions and Articles of Association as contained in the family handbook, Policies and Procedures and constitution, which forms part of this agreement and which may be changed by notice from time to time by the Service at its sole discretion. LOOSH's family handbook, Policies & Procedures and Constitution are all available on our website www.loosh.org.au

• In the event of sudden illness, accident or emergency, I authorise the person in charge of the Service at the time to follow the guidelines set down in the service policy document and seek medical treatment  (including transport by ambulance) for my child. LOOSH will not be responsible for any fees associated with the cost of medical treatment and/or transportation.

• I acknowledge that I will be added to the LOOSH Kinderloop platform, that can be accessed via the free Kinderloop plus app or via a web browser.

• I agree to never share photos from Kinderloop anywhere other than within Kinderloop.

• I understand that if my child has a diagnosed medical condition requiring prescribed medication, I must supply the service with a current action plan and any medications (including puffers/Epipen) required. If I do not supply requested plans or medications, my child's enrolment will be suspended until receipt of such plans and medications. 

• I understand that if at any stage my child needs to take medication (inclusive of medication used to treat an ongoing medical condition) I will need to inform the service, ensure I have the correct medicine in it's original packaging and correct labeling. I will also fill out the medical authorisation form for my child. If I do not supply the correct information and requirements this may result in my child not being able to attend. I understand LOOSH educators have a duty of care to ensure the child is safe and are complying with legislative requirements.

• I understand that to cancel or change a booking I must notify the centre in writing (via email) and that 2 weeks notice is required to cancel a booking. The Cessation of Care form must be submitted to confirm the cancellation and in order for the cancellation to be processed. 

• I understand that LOOSH bears no responsibility for any private babysitting arrangements made between myself and a LOOSH staff member.

 

• I undertake to:
  • Inform staff should my child be absent for a session of care;
  • Keep my child from attending the Service should they be suffering any infections or contagious disease and notify LOOSH as soon as possible;
  • Keep staff informed of any changes to my child's health/medical condition and provide any requested medical documentation or medication. Failure to do so my result in your child's enrolment being suspended.
  • Ensure my child does not bring food to LOOSH which contains peanuts, tree nuts or any nut products.
  • Ensure that my child is collected by an authorised person or ensure that staff are notified of any changes to authorised collectors in writing via text or email;
  • Not allow anyone to use my PIN to sign my child in or out of LOOSH, ensuring that all authorised collectors use their own account to sign my child in or out of LOOSH. 
  • Notify the Service immediately should there be any change in circumstances from the details as outlined in my child enrolment form including living arrangements of the child and/or Parent/Guardian within 7 days of such change;
  • Pay outstanding fees, as per the LOOSH fee schedule (see above), together with all debt recovery expenses including mercantile agents' fees, court costs and legal fees reasonably incurred by the service in the collection of such outstanding fees.
  • In the case of default, I acknowledge and give permission for any enrolment information specifically required for the purpose of debt recovery and identification of individuals in default to be forwarded to a debt collection agency for legal recovery action, if required.

Leichhardt OOSH

Email: Admin@loosh.org.au

Phone: 0404137500