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Caregiver / Educator Application Form
Name:
Date of Birth:
Address:
Landline Telephone:
Email Address:
Cellular Telephone:
1.
How long have you lived in this community?
2.
How many people live in your home?
(Please give details below)
NAME
D.O.B
RELATIONSHIP
SCHOOL / WORKPLACE
WHEN AT HOME
3.
How long have you lived at this address?
4.
Is the home owned or rented?
owned rented
5.
Do you care for other children on a regular basis?
yes no
6.
What is your previous/current occupation?
7.
Are you involved in any community groups? (e.g. Plunket, Parents Centre, School, Church, etc)
8.
Have you ever applied, or become a volunteer or employee for any other Family Day Care Service? (Details Please)
9.
Is your property fully fenced, or is there a fenced area suitable for children to play?
10.
How does your family feel about you caring for other children in your home?
11.
What experience do you have with children?
12.
Do you have any Early Childhood qualifications? (Details please)
13.
Do you or your children attend any Early Childhood Service? (current and previous details please)
14.
Are you in good health?
Are you on any medication?
If yes what is the medication for?
Do you or your family have any physical or mental health problems?
yes no (if yes give deails below)
15
Are you a smoker?
Is anyone else in your home a smoker?
Regulations require us to provide a smoke free environment (including outside areas) when children are in care on the property. How would you provide this atmosphere?
16.
Do you have any pets? (details please)
How do they relate to children?
Are you willing and how would you restrain pets while children are in care?
17.
Do you have a current Drivers License?
License Number
18.
Do you have a motor vehicle with a current registration and warrant of fitness?
If yes, what is the registration number?
Is your vehicle fitted with seatbelts in both the front and rear seats?
19.
What sort of care can you offer? (please tick appropriate boxes)
PART TIME ONLY
FULL TIME
WEEKENDS
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
UNDER 2's
OVER 2's
SPECIAL NEEDS
BABIES
20.
What experiences and equipment would you provide for the children in your care?
21.
Please tick any of these basic play activities you can provide
Outdoor Play
Multi/Bi-Cultural
Group Activities
Indoor Play
Dramatic Play
Finger Plays
Music and Movement
Nonsense
Dough
Books
Sand
Nature
Maths
Puzzles
Carpentry
Visits
Songs
Solitary Activities
Water
Art/Creative
Puppets
Blocks/lego/duplo
Science
Clay
Instruments
Messy Play
Cooking
22.
What limits do you place on television viewing?
23.
How would you manage children's behaviour?
24.
Why do you wish to become a Caregiver for Northland Homebased Childcare Services?
Please supply the names and addresses of three referees not related to you:
Name
Address