Local service · NSW
Balmain-Rozelle Occasional Care Centre
Council occasional care for appointments, casual work, study and time out.
Published information checked 25 October 2026 · Not confirmed for any requested date
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What is published?
- Service type
- Local service
- Operator / brand
- Inner West Council
- Locality
- Balmain
- Published service area
- Rear 370 Darling Street, Balmain 2041.
- Coverage conditions
- This is the Balmain site; the service name also references Rozelle.
- Care offered
- Occasional care
- Exact published ages
- Age panel: 6 weeks–5 years. Introductory text says birth–5 years; confirm minimum age because the same page differs.
- Booking routes
- Phone / email enquiry
- Before the first booking
- Contact the centre about enrolment and first attendance. The March 2025 handbook's indexed text says no waiting list and email bookings one week ahead; full handbook fetch failed.
- Published care hours
- Mon/Wed 08:30–13:30; Tue/Thu 08:30–15:30. No Friday session is published.
- Calendar and session limits
- No centre closure calendar on inspected page; confirm term, holiday and special closures.
- Notice / lead time
- Handbook indexed text says book a week ahead by email; confirm current practice.
- Fee information · AUD
- Not established in the reviewed information; ask the provider.
- Cancellation / absence terms
- Not established in the reviewed information; ask the provider.
- Published subsidy statement
- Council says families may be eligible for government childcare subsidies; actual eligibility is unverified.
- Exact-date status
- Not confirmed for any requested date
- Registration / current rating
- Not independently checked
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ACECQA national registers ↗Evidence and sources
A dedicated occasional-care service page and council handbook publish an email booking route.
Why these tags and hours appear
- NSW — The Balmain centre is identified on Inner West Council's official NSW page. Source ↗
- Occasional care — Council explicitly identifies a flexible occasional-care centre. Source ↗
- Babies — The narrower age panel lists six weeks to five years; infancy-to-preschool topic tags follow it. Source ↗
- Toddlers — The narrower age panel lists six weeks to five years; infancy-to-preschool topic tags follow it. Source ↗
- Preschool — The narrower age panel lists six weeks to five years; infancy-to-preschool topic tags follow it. Source ↗
- Phone / email enquiry — Council handbook indexed text specifies booking by email. Source ↗
- Mon · Wed 08:30–13:30 — Specific centre Opening hours panel, separate from general council reception hours. Source ↗
- Tue · Thu 08:30–15:30 — Specific centre Opening hours panel. Source ↗
- Occasional Care — Inner West Council ↗Full page text opened; relevant sections inspected · checked 2026-10-25
- Children's Services Family Handbook, March 2025 — Inner West Council ↗Indexed excerpt only; full-page fetch timed out · checked 2026-10-25