Debt collection for Childcare Centres

Childcare fee debt is uniquely sensitive. Centres support families, educate children and balance rising operational costs, while unpaid fees create stress for administrators and financial pressure on the service. eCollect delivers compassionate, discreet and effective recovery tailored to the childcare sector, protecting relationships while keeping your centre financially stable.

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Why childcare centres need specialist debt recovery

Parents fall behind on fees for many reasons — rising costs, subsidy changes, or unexpected circumstances. Discussing payment can be emotional for families and stressful for educators and office staff. General collection methods rarely suit this environment. Childcare requires sensitive, compliant and relationship-safe recovery that protects families while stabilising your centre’s cash flow, staffing and operational continuity.

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Our Childcare Collections Process

A gentle but effective recovery workflow designed for childcare fee sensitivities, family relationships, compliance requirements and complex subsidy-related challenges.

How we support your centre

  • Gentle first contact focused on understanding circumstances

  • Support for families navigating subsidy or rebate issues

  • Fair, structured payment arrangements when appropriate

  • Skilled management of reluctant or disengaged parents

  • Escalation for complex cases using firm but respectful strategies

We protect your reputation while recovering overdue fees.

Start Recovering Childcare Fees

Your eCollect team specialised in Childcare collections

Grant Rudlin

Senior Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager – Your primary contact for onboarding, training, strategy and bulk uploads. Works on commission and is directly aligned with your results.

Account Manager – Your dedicated childcare specialist who manages every matter from lodgement to completion.

eCollect Senior Management – Always available for escalation, oversight or additional support.

Why choose us

Every client is different, so we built our service to support you at every level.

Customer-First Approach

You’ll work with a real person, not a portal. Our team treats your debts like their own.

Real-Time Cloud Tracking

Monitor progress 24/7 from your dashboard — no chasing, no waiting.

Expert Recovery Team

Our in-house specialists are trained to act fast, negotiate smart, and collect more.

Industry partners who trusted our service

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eCollect sharper than your normal collection agency. They work your file from start to end and always keep you informed of their progress each step of the way to final collection. Your account manager is passionate and keen to bring you positive results.

Accounting & Bookkeeping

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With many franchisees, we needed a partner who could assist with outstanding debts. eCollect provide a great solution, and franchisees find the help and support fast and simple.

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A solid outcome with 100% of the debt paid and a strong legal recovery. Their relentless follow-up and guidance from E C Legal delivered an excellent result.

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Frequently asked questions

Our first contact assumes willingness to pay. We engage gently, respectfully and without judgement, protecting long-term family relationships.

Yes. Our team is familiar with government subsidy systems and assists parents in navigating changes that affect their fees.

No. We take over the entire process so your staff can focus on delivering care and running the centre.

Yes. We accept debts of any size, including multi-period arrears or small outstanding balances.

There are no joining fees, no upfront costs and no charges unless we successfully recover your money

Only with your written approval. If needed, our legal capability ensures a seamless escalation pathway.

Let’s recover your debts without the stress

We make debt recovery simple, fast and results-driven.
Upload your files, track progress in real-time and only pay when we collect.

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Trusted in Australia, New Zealand & Beyond

Melbourne
03 8611 2600

Level 9, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Brisbane
07 3123 4031

Level 38/71 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000

Auckland
+64 9 951 8000

27E/16 Gore Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010

UK - eRecoveries

erecoveries.co.uk

Our eRecoveries service based in UK applying high-end technology to cover the full receivables management process for you

Your Partners in Recovery

eCollect

Our core debt recovery and collection service, operating across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Auckland.

E C Legal

Specialised legal services for debt and credit matters, trusted by clients throughout Australia.
eclegal.com.au

eReceivables

Designed for Australian receivables management and credit operations, uniting intelligent software with real operational expertise.
ereceivables.com.au

eRecoveries

Expanding our debt recovery expertise across the United Kingdom market, supported by advanced systems, industry trained specialists and a proven no-recovery, no-charge model.
erecoveries.co.uk