Māori and the Out of School Services Sector

Appendix 5

Questions for parents and caregivers (whānau care)- Individual interviews and focus groups

Parent and caregiver priorities for out of school services and care (including school-holiday programmes)

  • What are the ages of the children and how many go to whānau care after school?
  • When thinking about out of school services and care for your children, what were/ are the things that are important to you when you made/are making decisions about these services after school? Why are they important to you?

Participants take their key factors and rate them on a chart in order of priority for them.. For example, if COST is a key factor:

How important is cost a priority for you when thinking about out of school services for your children?

  • Extremely important it is the critical priority factor
  • Very important as one of a number of other priority factors
  • Important but not a priority factor

Out of school services and care

  • What kind of care have you chosen for your children?
  • Are you satisfied with the care that you get?
  • What are your reasons for choosing whānau care? Did you have a choice? If you had a choice would you prefer a service provider?
  • How does your whānau care meet your needs? Are there any gaps/improvements needed?
  • What are the challenges that you have experienced in getting out of school services or care? For example,
  • What are specific challenges that you have experienced in accessing these in rural or urban settings?
  • What are specific challenges that you have experienced in getting these for primary and secondary school age children?
  • What are specific challenges that you have experienced in accessing these for children with special or high needs?

Specific questions for school-holiday programmes

  • What happens to your children during school holidays?
  • What are the key factors when deciding on a school holiday programme for your children? Are they the same as after school care? If different, what are they and why?

OSCAR subsidies

  • What do you know about OSCAR subsidies for out of school services?
  • Do you know the criteria for getting these subsidies? What are they?
  • If you had known about it, would it have made a difference for you with your choice of care after school?
  • Are there any improvements you can suggest are needed to the subsidy?

Activities

  • What do your children do when they get to the whānau carer? Have you any expectations for activities?
  • Do they do anything that is Māori specific after school? Have you any expectations for Māori specific activities or Māori content during this time?
  • What do you want most from whānau care? Do you see t as a babysitting service or something else? Describe the something else?

Table of contents

Māori and the Out of School Services Sector

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. 1. Executive Summary
  3. 2. Findings
  4. 3. Recommended Actions
  5. 4. Introduction
  6. 5. Research Methodology
  7. 6. What Are Out of School Services?
  8. 7. Out of School Services Sector - the Context for Māori
  9. 8. Getting the Best & Providing the Best
  10. 9. OSCAR Services and Programmes
  11. Appendix 1
  12. Appendix 2
  13. Appendix 3
  14. Appendix 4
  15. Appendix 5

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