Assistant - Elanora

At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow.

**Help Shape Futures at C&K Elanora**

As one of our highly valued Educators at C&K Elanora, you’ll work alongside your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children, their families and our wider community.

C&K Elanora is a single unit kindergarten service with two groups of children attending our program across the week. We are based on the Elanora State School site and have a positive connection with the school. We operate independently though and are managed by The C&K Association. We are a small team of educators consisting of two Co-Directors/ ECTs and a number of Inclusion Support Assistants. Our new Assistant Educator will be working across both groups with both teachers delivering a high-quality kindergarten program.

We are looking for a new team player to complete our team of dedicated educators. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a broad understanding of and experience in high-quality early years practices. They will be committed to contribute to and further enhance our service quality practices and able to contribute to professional conversations and reflections. We seek someone who is well organised, show initiate, shows pride in maintaining our inviting learning environment and demonstrates professional integrity. An important part of the requirements are excellent communication skills, with children, families and co-workers. Our service prides itself with our inclusive practices and we therefore seek an educator who has previous experience with and knowledge of ways to support children and their families with additional needs.
- Permanent Fulltime or (2) Permanent Part time roles
- Mon, Tues alternate Wed 8 - 3.30pm, Thurs, Fri 7.30am - 4pm
- Immediate start
- “This is what I enjoy about working with C&K; the staff truly embody the company’s purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed in an ever-changing world.”_ _- Mackenzee Nicolson - Assistant Educator, Gumdale C&K_

**Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits**

Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.
- Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $28.41-$33.67 per

hour plus superannuation.
- Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to

C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 75% of the gap fee.
- Access a nationally recognised qualification in the high-demand field of

early childhood education and care with subsidised training for eligible

students through the C&K College.
- Access to scholarships of up to $3000 under the Qualifications

Pathway Program.
- Plus, so much more.

**What you’ll bring**

If you’re committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success

We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:

- An ACECQA approved Bachelor's Degree of Early Childhood Education or equivalent
- Approved Child Protection Training or the willingness to obtain.
- First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
- Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
- Current Police Check
- Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.

You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join C&K, you join a village of good-hearted, talented people, so you can lean on them as they lean on you.

**Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.**
- C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a_ _‘_Restricted Person_’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System._
- We welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs._
- Elanora, QLD_