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Little Stars Learners Application forM

Applications for 2025 will open on 9 September 2024 and close on 15 December 2024.

The Little Stars Learners Program is a 4-term (36-week) program commencing in January each year and concluding in December. Students are assigned a Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor for the duration of the year. For more details about the program, click the button below to download the Little Stars Learners Information Kit.

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Application Criteria

Applications for 2025 will open on 9 September 2024 and close on 15 December 2024.  All students will be assigned to their Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor in January 2025.  Please do not submit applications for the 2024 program at this point in time.

Please ensure you have confirmed funding prior to completing this form as invoice details are required.

We can provide our services in the Brisbane Metropolitan area, Gold Coast Metropolitan area and Inner-City Toowoomba.  We may not be able to source Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentors outside these areas.  We offer online sessions for students in regional areas where we are unable to source a Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor.

Young Person's Details

Is the young person attending School?
Is the young person attending school part time or full time?
Current Order (please attach a copy)
Does the young person identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?

Details of Person Completing Form

Details of Stakeholders Supporting the Young Person

Please note that emails are required as weekly Session Summaries will be sent to all stakeholders.  Please advise us if these details change at any time.

Foster Carer / Kinship Carer / Guardian's Details

Foster Agency Details

Is there a teacher or other person whom you would like to also receive a copy of weekly summary?

Recipient Details

Child Safety Details

Funding

How will this young person be funded? (Please note that you are required to seek approval for funding prior to submitting the application)

Details for Invoice

Learning and Wellbeing Support Sessions

Has the young person been engaged in a Learning and Wellbeing Support program previously?
If yes, was this with Little Stars Learners?
Would you like to keep your current Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor in 2025?
Can you make the young person available for learning sessions for at least 1 hour per week for 4 school terms (36 weeks in total)?
Are you able to make someone available to supervise the weekly sessions?
Please select the session length you would like for weekly sessions with a Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor
Please select days available & then write suitable times for sessions in the box below
Would the young person prefer a male or female learning and wellbeing support mentor?
If your application for Learning and Wellbeing Support is accepted, the foster or kinship carer or guardian will be required to sign terms and conditions with Little Stars Foundation Pty Ltd t/a Little Stars Learners. Are you agreeable to this?
Are you agreeable to ensuring the carer works with the Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor to ensure that any missed sessions are made up by the end of the year? (Little Stars does not provide a refund for any missed sessions but will work with you to make up the time)
Do you understand that we endeavour to provide the same Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor for the full four terms, however sometimes due to circumstances outside of our control this is not possible?
Are you agreeable to the young person participating in a research study to assess the impact of learning and wellbeing support on the young person, as part of the broader study on the impact of education support for foster young persons in primary school years? (Please note that consent from the Department of Child Safety will also be obtained)

Please note that this information will be used to match a Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor with the young person in early January. If there are any changes to availability, it is critical that you advise us prior to 10 January 2025. Any changes advised after this date may delay the commencement of Learning and Wellbeing Support Sessions.

Current Support Details for Young Person

It is a requirement of the Little Stars Learners Program that young persons are enrolled in the program for four terms of 2025.

Is the young person in a placement which is expected to continue for the duration of 2025 school year?
Is the young person in the process of being reunified?
Supervised/ Unsupervised
Is the young person seeing a therapist?
If yes, please complete:
Is the young person currently receiving any additional help through speech pathology/occupational therapy?
Does the young person have a confirmed learning diagnosis or other?
Please select
Any pre-existing physical injuries/illnesses/ailments?
Are there any physical, social, or psychological issues that may affect the young person's participation in the Little Stars Learners program?
Triggers which may impact upon the young person's behaviour, psychological or emotional state (e.g. does the young person respond better to males or females)
If you are in a remote area where we are unable to source a Learning and Wellbeing Support Mentor, would you like the Learning Sessions to be online?

Consent

By signing this document, you agree that you have completed this truthfully and to the best of your knowledge.  I consent to Little Stars Foundation Pty Ltd ABN 48 602 704 781 (LSF) collecting the personal information on this Application Form to assess the application for funding I am authorised to provide this consent on behalf of the Young person referred to in the application.

Collection Notice

Little Stars Foundation collects the information on the Application Form for the purposes of considering whether to provide funding for education support services and for the evaluation of our program’s efficacy. If you do not provide all of the requested information, we may not be able to properly assess the application. If your application is successful and you choose to enter into an Education Support Funding Agreement with us, we only disclose personal information with consent, or where we are required by law to do so. Our privacy policy is available at www.littlestarskids.org.au.  It contains information about how you may access your personal information and seek correction of information. The privacy policy also contains information about how you can complain about a breach of privacy. Little Stars Foundation does not disclose information overseas.

Attachments

Please attached the following documents to this application before sending.

Maximum file size: 10MB

Maximum file size: 10MB

Maximum file size: 10MB

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