Kidz Mob Mapleton

Kidz Mob Mapleton commits to strengthening our practices and respectfully embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' cultures into all of our programs and service delivery is at the forefront of our organisations philosophy.  Kidz Mob Mapleton's services vision for reconciliation is to create a culturally safe, inclusive environment for children, Educators, parents and the wider community. We will achieve this vision through providing high quality, culturally appropriate programs for school aged children throughout our service and will build meaningful relationships with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and people to engage with our service in a range of capacities.  We will support children through our programs to acknowledge and learn about Australia's shared history, and the inter-generational impacts that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have faced since colonisation. We want to guide and actively encourage our Outside School Hours Care sector to reflect and improve the expectations on OSHC services around the respectful embedding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' cultures. Particularly, we want to advocate for the National Quality Standards (NQS) to acknowledge the need for each childcare/OSHC service to have an active Reconciliation Action Plan that they engage with and contribute too, as part of a service's rating and assessment. We believe that the embedding of this into the NQS will be a step towards ensuring that all childcare/OSHC services are culturally safe for all children but in particular that of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and people.