External Provider Support
We have conducted a review of our processes and procedures for external providers working in school. This review has included departmental policies and regulations, decision making, volume of providers and the demand on school administration and class teachers to work around these services.
Hawthorndene Primary School works with families and external providers to support students on site.
We follow the Department for Education’s clear decision-making processes and procedures when deciding to allow or refuse external providers to support clients/students on our school site.
The following information and links provide a clear outline of our process for seeking support from external providers at Hawthorndene Primary School.
Request and approval process
When a parent/carer wants to request an external provider to support on site they are required to:
- complete the DfE Request for Provision of Service form and Permission to Exchange Information form available from the website and return them to school via email to Andrea.Burnside134@schools.sa.edu.au
- provide assessment reports relating to the request, if not already received by the school
- meet with school Leadership to discuss the request in detail. Leadership will request a meeting time
- provide the name, contact details and availability of the provider
If the request is approved, parents/carers will be notified by the school and can notify the provider.
Providers are then required to:
- make a time to meet with school Leadership to complete DfE License Agreement and Service Schedule
- provide all relevant documents required by DfE
- participate in site induction
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Andrea Burnside, Deputy Principal at Andrea.Burnside134@schools.sa.edu.au
Request for provision of service and permission to exchange information