Police continue to guard a Melbourne childcare centre where child sex abuse allegedly took place as further details about a former employee charged with dozens of offences come to light.

Joshua Brown, 26, is facing 70 charges relating to eight alleged victims over alleged crimes police say occurred at Creative Gardens Early Learning Centre in Point Cook between April 2022 and January 2023.

Police today patrolled the outside of the Creative Garden Early Learning Centre in Point Cook, as parents who were not directly involved expressed their outrage.

“Everyone’s kind of asking the same question, how does that happen?” parent Daniel van der Sandt asked.

“My first reaction as a parent was disgust to be honest,” parent Jo Chidwala said.

“When you take your child to daycare, you expect it to be one of the safest environments.

“Just the thought process of, how does someone end up having that belief system to target children?”

At the time of his arrest in May, Brown lived in a Point Cook home with his partner.

Neighbour Dai Nguyen described Brown as “very quiet” and a “nice guy”.

Nguyen woke one morning in May to see his street swarming with detectives.

‘I saw they carried a lot of documents, a lot of box, they put in the car,” Nguyen said.

“After that they escort the guy with the handcuffs into the car.

“After I heard the news, it was shocking.”

Today Emmanuel College in Point Cook released a statement to parents, carers and alumni, confirming Brown was a former student.

“It is with a very heavy heart, I inform you that the individual charged with abhorrent crimes against children at childcare centres across Melbourne, including here in Point Cook, was a former student of our college,” Emmanuel College principal Dr Janine Biggin said in a statement viewed by 9News.

“Although this individual has had no connection to our school for several years, like you, we are deeply disturbed by these allegations and acknowledge how upsetting this is for so many of us.

“We continue to hold all those impacted in our thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to please be considerate in the conversations you have, both within and outside of the college.”

Brown worked for 20 different childcare centres since 2017, leading parents to call for stronger measures to protect their children.

“Strong background checks, cameras in the room,” one parent suggested.

“I’ll be pushing for cameras in every single room,” Chidwala said.

Premier Jacinta Allan today announced an urgent review into childcare safety to bring immediate changes to the sector off the back of the allegations made against Brown.

Victorian childcare centres will also be required to adopt a ban on personal devices by September 26.

Childcare centres which do not comply may face fines of up to $50,000.

As Brown waits to face court again he’ll remain at the Melbourne Assessment Prison, isolated from the general population out of fear he could be attacked behind bars.

The Brown family aren’t strangers to the court system.