Carers and anyone over the age of 16 who reside at the carers house, have to have Working with Children check (NSW) in other states there is a similar system.

Quite honestly - you can ask who else could be in the house whilst the children are in care, buy considering this house belongs to a family you can't enforce who comes or doesn't come to visit. I have been a carer for about 12 years, and have very few visitors during day care hours, even my parents won't visit, as they feel I can't spend enough time with them (which is true). I occaisionally have visits from other carers and their children which I feel is important to help children adjust to larger numbers

Visitors who you would expect would be - persons from their scheme office, which should happen once every three to four weeks, other agencies involved in family day care, such as Quality Assurance, etc.

Family Day Care is now such a regulated system, it's no longer thought of as an alternative to granny's or babysitting, but a recognised day care provider. There are regulations that all carers must abide by, and schemes and/or individual carers have policies in place that they must abide by.

I would be asking what ages will be with your little one,
what excursions do you take them on and if going on excursions are they travelling by car, and how are they restrained.
what you need to provide for your child,
payment options,
ask to see a child's (in care) portfolio - this will give you an idea of what activities the carer and children get up to. My children's portfolios include artwork, photos (doing artwork or playing) explainations of development and how that child is going, recipes that the children love to make, songs to sing, growth charts (one at the beginning and end of each year).

Some parents do visit a few times with their child as part of a settling period. Others just leave child on first day (phone to check in). I've also had others who don't bring their child until the day they start, so the child has no idea of what they will be doing.