Mossman childcare centre under repairs
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The temporarily closed Mossman Goodstart childcare centre has been getting a makeover while the management works on recruiting more staff to help run the troubled branch.
A Goodstart spokesperson said this week some “routine roof repairs” have been completed while the centre is closed.
But there is still no certainty around when the national provider’s Far North Queensland branch will reopen.
“We are still in the process of recruiting staff and will communicate to families once we have a timeframe around reopening,” the spokesperson said.
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The childcare centre first closed in November, with management releasing an official statement that the main reasons for the closure included “staffing challenges” and “significant staff turnover”.
They said at the time the Johnston Road centre would reopen in early January, but when contacted by Newsport at the start of the year they confirmed the date had been pushed back to at least February.
“We have been in regular contact with the 12 families who depend on our centre and have apologised for the disruption this has caused,” they said.
“Like many early-learning services in regional Australia, we are facing challenges in recruiting qualified educators.”
Several concerned Mossman residents contacted Newsport in November asking why the centre was shut.
An Education Department spokesperson said at the time the childcare centre had not been shut down by the Department, but had been voluntarily closed.
The Mossman Goodstart Early Learning Centre is at 14 Johnston Road near the Club Mossman lawn bowls complex.