PF126 Sessional services only: over 2 sleep space

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Criterion PF126 Guidance

Criterion PF126

Sessional services only

Children aged 2 and older have a safe and comfortable place to sleep or rest, if necessary, like a bed, stretcher, or mattress.

Guidance

How to show you are complying

At a sessional service, there may be occasions when an older child needs to rest or sleep. To support children’s wellbeing, you must provide safe and comfortable sleep furniture for rest or sleep for children aged 2 years and over. The specific furniture or items you choose may vary, but as a general guide, you can consider beds, stretchers and/or mattresses.

You can consider:

a bed permanently set up in a convenient place, such as the office (this option can be double as an area for isolating sick children as well)
a stretcher or mattress that can be pulled out and set up as required in a quiet area of the service.

Any sleeping child must be monitored as required by HS107 Sleep monitoring.

HS107 Sleep monitoring

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How we assess compliance

When assessing whether you comply with PF126

Questions we are likely to ask

How do you provide for the rest of sleep needs of children aged 2 or over?

We are likely to look at, measure or count

Look at the sleep furniture you provide to support sleep and/or rest for children aged 2 and above.

Why this is important

Providing a safe and comfortable place to sleep or rest for children aged 2 and over supports their wellbeing.

Best practice: Going beyond compliance

Doing more than the minimum can shape better outcomes for children. Here are some ideas or examples you might like to consider.

You can create a quiet area within the activity space where children can rest or sleep as needed. If the same space is used for both activities and rest, it is important to make sure the environment is suitable for both purposes.

Consider:

how to minimise noise to support restful and undisturbed sleep or rest
creating some kind of barrier between the sleep/rest space and the area used for other activities.