Childcare Diploma Assistant - Tree House St Kilda
Join a fun, vibrant centre that is really connected to the community and each other and who socialise and celebrate success together frequently.
Summary about this job
Childcare & Outside School Hours Care
Company: Guardian Early Learning Group
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-2-3867-4301
Fax: +61-3-5948-8249
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Detail information about job Childcare Diploma Assistant - Tree House St Kilda. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Your own children will receive childcare at up to 50% of the cost
- Work with one of Guardian's longest standing inspirational Educational Leaders
- Sector specific skill development opportunities
Childcare Diploma Assistant - Tree House St Kilda
Join our growing child care family
Caring for children aged from 0 to 5 years, this 149-place centre on Brighton Road in St Kilda has comfortable interiors, bright outdoor environments and plenty of materials to inspire your practice. Our diverse range of educators are passionate professionals and pride themselves on creating strong bonds with the children, families and local community.
The indoor and outdoor environments at our centres have been designed to offer children complex and challenging learning opportunities, places of beauty, as well as sustainable materials and resources. As an educator working at Guardian, you will contribute to room planning
Your role as a Diploma qualified educator is to:
- Build and maintain meaningful relationships with children, families and fellow educators and the broader centre community
- Have a sound knowledge of and demonstrate high-quality practice in line with, the National Quality Framework, that is, Education and Care Services National Law and National Regulations, the National Quality Standard and the Early Years Learning Framework.
- Actively contribute to the educational program, observations, and documentation, using Story Park and informal opportunities to communicate regularly on your children’s progress and activities with their families
- Collaborate with your peers to extend children’s thinking and learning through intentional teaching strategies, inspiring environments, spontaneous play experiences and high-quality documentation
Successful candidate will have a:
- Completed Diploma in Children's Services along with sound, practical working knowledge and implementation of the National Quality Framework and the Early Years Learning Framework
- Current First Aid and Asthma & Anaphylaxis certificates
- Current Working with Children Check
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Why work at Guardian?
- You will work with like-minded educators who truly believe in high quality teaching
- You will be rewarded and recognised through our monthly peer-nominated Educator Awards, Quarterly Award for outstanding Team performance and Educator Awards nights
- You will have professional development opportunities to build your knowledge and excel in your career:
- Reimbursement of fees if you’re studying for a commonwealth supported placement degree of Early Childhood & Education
- Paid study leave, practicum placement, support from experienced mentors
- Educator Days and masterclasses to inspire and inform you as well as opportunities to network with other educators
- Sector specific skill development opportunities such as First Aid, Child Protection Training, Practical National Quality Framework Training and more!
- There are significant opportunities for career developments across different centres, new centre openings or our Support Office.
- You can feed into Guardian’s education project – a world class, quality enhancement initiative
- Your own children will receive childcare at up to 50% of the cost
- You will have access to our complementary and confidential Employee Assistance Program to help you through any personal, family or work-related concerns
- All of this, plus an attractive pay package!
If you are seeking a long-term career in the early year’s sector then we would love to hear from you, as we believe we can offer you a career like no one else.
'Guardian Early Learning Group is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and their welfare will always be our first priority. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered, and our policies, procedures and practices will ensure that child protection issues will be approached and managed in a way to ensure the best outcomes for all children.'