Background - What is Mobile?

Mobile Children’s Services provide flexible, responsive and innovative services to children and families experiencing social, geographic, cultural or economic isolation.  Focusing on the care and education of children, they aim to ensure that the children and families in isolated and disadvantaged communities in rural, urban and remote areas have access to good quality and safe children’s services, on a similar basis to other members of the NSW community.  A significant number of children in NSW would not have the opportunity to participate in early childhood activities without the access provided by Mobile Children’s Services.

Most Mobile Children’s Services in NSW are involved in the direct care and education of children.  Services aim to support the achievement of a child’s full developmental potential.  

As well as facilitating the normal development processes of children, Mobile Children’s Services have a long history in the ‘intervention support’ of children with additional needs as well as ‘early intervention and time-out support’ of children in ‘at risk’ circumstances or where parents simply need respite.

The day to day operation of many of the services involves the participation of parents.   This is particularly so in our play sessions where parents stay at the session and participate in the program.  This is a welcome socializing opportunity for parents and also creates the opportunity to learn about and discuss community and parenting issues.