Oshc Educator

Work/ life and study balance - great casual shifts on offer
- Friendly and supportive management and support team
- Opportunities for continued growth and development

**About the role**
Our OSHC offers before and after school care as well as vacation care. Located on the grounds of St Brendan’s Lake Munmorah. Our team are fully engaged to help proved a create environment that is fun, warm, caring, and safe for all our children.

The OSHC is operates before school 6:30am to 9am, afternoons from 2:30pm to 6pm and during the school holidays from 7:30am to 6pm.

**You will bring with you**:

- Willingness to learn the My Time, Our Place Framework
- Ensuring a welcoming, safe, hygienic environment, reflective of best practices
- Creating a fun and engaging environment through play experiences
- Ability to form collaborative and positive relationship with colleagues

**Requirements**:

- Current and valid Working With Children Check clearance

**Highly Desirable**
- Experience working with school aged children
- First Aid certificate or willingness to obtain one before starting

**Culture and Benefits**
We know that changing roles is a big decision - so here is what we can offer you:

- Salary packaging - also known as salary sacrifice - means allocating a portion of your salary to pay certain expenses before income tax is calculated. So, on pay day you pay less income tax and have more money for the things that matter.
- A focus on employee well-being, with regular reflective/practice supervision opportunities.
- Access to training and learning opportunities.
- An Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling and support.
- Additional paid leave day over the Christmas period.

**About us**
At CatholicCare, we understand the importance of children getting off to a good start in happy, creative and supportive environments that provide opportunities for children to explore, make friends, build on their strengths and get any extra help they need to set them on a positive learning journey.

Our dedicated teams of educators embrace a child’s right to play and facilitate rich learning environments which are relevant, meaningful and full of possibilities, so children are safe, happy, healthy and included. We offer a range of services for children to suit their age and family preferences including early learning and care centres, out of school hours care, vacation care and family day care.

We are a safe, respectful, and inclusive employer. **We welcome all applicants, regardless of their cultural background, gender, faith or disability**. Our organisation will accommodate any reasonable requests to support you to thrive during the recruitment process and beyond.