Outstanding Service

Who is eligible?

Nominees must be an Australian in-scope service (birth to eight years of age) approved to operate by their state or territory regulatory body. Services must be exceeding the National Quality Standards.

Nominees can be working with specific groups or across population groups, showing demonstrable improvements in either access to services or improving children’s health and wellbeing in their setting.

Groups may include (but are not limited to) children from low income families, children from disadvantaged backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, migrant and refugee children, children with a disability or learning difficulty.

Nominees may self-nominate, however all nominations must be supported by a supervisor/manager/CEO/owner/employer.

Nominations must demonstrate all of the following:

• A description of the service
• An explanation of what drove the need for improving inclusion at the service and how this came to the attention of staff
• An explanation of how the service went about identifying strategies to improve inclusion and how they have been implemented
•  An explanation of the positive impact/benefit that increased inclusion is having for all children attending the service and the broader community, and how this is being measured
• A description of how the prize money will enhance or assist in the professional development of the staff, or how it will further develop services in the workplace.

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