Overview

About the Centre

Delahey Children’s Centre is a not for profit community based centre managed by BPA Children’s Services.

We are located within Copperfield’s Family Centre (Community Hub) on Copperfield Drive in Delahey.

Centre Philosophy

Delahey Children’s Centre provides quality care for children with working, non-working and studying parents in a welcoming, stimulating and safe environment.

We strive to achieve a well-balanced, non-bias atmosphere where our programs enhance and assist all educational, developmental, emotional and social skills a child requires in the early years of life.

Aims and Goals of the Centre

Goals for the Children:

• Have a sound self-concept and a positive self-esteem
• Express themselves with creativity and freedom
• Acquire appropriate skills in the areas of receptive and expressive language, fine and gross motor, and cognition, aesthetic (creative)
• Develop relationships that are mutually satisfying and to acquire appropriate social skills
• Be actively and purposefully involved in their learning environment
• Develop independence skills and to take responsibility for their own actions
• Be happy and to enjoy a sense of achievement

Aims of the Staff:

• Be committed to the children at all times
• Provide quality care for all children and families attending the Centre
• Provide a warm, comfortable, safe and nurturing environment expressed through the attitude of staff
• Provide age-related and stage-related learning experiences appropriate to the interests and developmental levels of the individual children
• Respect each staff member’s values and beliefs and foster effective communication between staff in providing support and addressing issues of concerns
• Be approachable to parents and be available for discussions relating to their child’s care
• Be professional with other staff, parents and members of the community. This professionalism extends to respecting other people’s rights to confidentiality and when referring parents to other services
• Treat all children as equals