Childcare

ARRCS provides regional care and support to people and their communities throughout the Northern Territory and beyond. It’s our goal to offer opportunity and choice so they can live life in all its fullness.

ARRCS provides services in:

Aged Care

Help at Home

Family Support

Bábbarra Women’s Centre has a proud history of positive social impact.

From the early days, we have supported the lives of Aboriginal women in the community of Maningrida and on surrounding homelands.

Bábbarra Women’s Centre enables local women to develop and run women-centred enterprises that support healthy and sustainable livelihoods.

Bábbarra Designs is our main enterprise. We have a textile workshop specialising in the production of hand-printed fabric design using linocut block prints and screen prints. We are one of only a few Indigenous textile-producing art centres in Australia that design, print and sew product onsite, in community.

We are governed by women for women, led by the strong voices of our Bábbarra Women’s Board. In this space, we women are in charge. We operate an op shop and we support women artists on remote homeland outstations in the region.

We are part of Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation, which was set up by Maningrida community leaders in 1974 to support people to live on their homelands.

Bees Creek Outside School Hours and Vacation Care offer a social approach and safe environment that shapes children’s social development and growth. We recognise the importance of providing fun, stimulating, and nurturing care for each child. Children develop interaction skills and are guided to identify their feelings and regulate their behaviour. Children are also guided to take responsibility for their own well-being and the feelings and consequences caused by their actions that affect themselves and others. Our program provides a balance of indoor and outdoor activities, as well as quiet times and active times so that children can learn, explore and grow in a safe and supportive environment. We believe that all children have the right to be treated with respect, kindness and fairness, so we provide an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and included.

Jirnani early Learning Centre is located at Lot 407 Bathurst Highway, Wurrumiyanga at Bathurst Island. The centre is open from 8:00am – 4:00pm daily. The centre provides culturally appropriate education and a care environment that offers plenty of space for children to explore, discover, experiment in both natural and structural environment.

We have under 2’s and under 5’s rooms in the centre where children get to engage with their own age group as well with others. We focus closely on children’s and their family needs and work together to achieve the same outcomes.

We believe Play-based Learning is important to a child’s development of social and emotional skills, language development of Tiwi language and English, and supporting children’s ability to develop positive relationships with peers and positive role modelling from their Elders, Parents and Community

The Alekarenge Family Centre provides culturally appropriate education and care service. The Centre is dedicated to improving children’s early learning and wellbeing outcomes. The Centre provides support for all families by caring for their children in a safe, supervised environment that supports development and education. We provide education and care for non-school aged children from Ali Curung community. Childcare activities focus on social, emotional and cultural development, as well as creative learning and early communication and language skills.

Wulangurrumatu Early Learning Centre is located at Pirlangimpi at Melville Island. The centre is open from 8:00am – 4:00pm daily. We offer up to 15 children a day as our capacity. The centre provides culturally appropriate education and care environment that offers plenty of space for children to explore, discover, experiment in both natural and structural environment.

We have one large room in the centre with an area for babies, a quite book corner, a dinosaur area with wooden blocks, an area for creativity and other available resources of children choices. The areas are appropriately organised and with the intent to encourage children to explore their interests, curiosity and to encourage sharing and play together. We focus closely on children and their family’s needs by working together.

The outdoor play area offers plenty of shade for children to play in, we have swing and natural resources available for children to explore their physical environment.

We believe Play-based Learning is important to a child’s development of social and emotional skills, language development of Tiwi language and English, and supporting children’s ability to develop positive relationships with peers and positive role modelling from their Elders, Parents and Community.

The Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) Child Care Centre provides culturally appropriate education and care service. The Centre is dedicated to improving children’s early learning and wellbeing outcomes.The Centre provides support for all families by caring for their children in a safe, supervised environment that supports development and education.We provide education and care for non-school aged children from Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) community. Child care activities focus on social, emotional and cultural development, as well as creative learning and early communication and language skills.

Darwin Family Day Care Educators are Education and Care professionals who work from their own homes to provide a child care service for other people’s children in a family setting.

East Arnhem Regional Council operates Galiwin’ku Child Care Centre with programs designed to provide early education and care services according to the needs of the children, families and the local community. The Child care centre support the growth and development of children through nutritious meals and snacks, various activities and programs. To ensure cultural strength, the centre employ local Indigenous educators, with an ongoing commitment towards mentoring and training opportunities for all staff.

East Arnhem Regional Council operates Gapuwiyak Child Care with programs designed to provide early education and care services according to the needs of the children, families and the local community. The Child care centre support the growth and development of children through nutritious meals and snacks, various activities and programs. To ensure cultural strength, the centre employ local Indigenous educators, with an ongoing commitment towards mentoring and training opportunities for all staff.