Family Day Care Educator

Do you want to run your own Family Day Care Business from Home?

Family day care educators:

- Provide a range of activities and experiences that are designed to promote physical, social, emotional and intellectual development for each child
- Supervise the activities of children in their care, ensuring their physical safety at all times
- Support and guide children's behaviour using positive strategies
- Maintain a safe, clean and appealing environment for children
- Ensure meals and snacks provided for children are varied and nutritionally adequate
- Take children to and from school or preschool
- Perform first aid in emergencies
- Maintain records of children's development within identified learning outcomes
- Provide feedback to parents about their child's day
- Maintain accurate attendance records
- Maintain a register of emergency telephone numbers such as those of parents, doctors, police, ambulance and the fire brigade
- Maintain a daily record of accidents, illnesses and the administration of medicine in accordance with requirements.

**Tasks**
- Supervises children in recreational activities..
- Supervises the hygiene of children..
- Supervises the daily routine of children..
- Entertains children by reading and playing games..
- Manages children's behaviour and guides children's social development..
- Prepares and conducts activities for children..
- Assists in the preparation of materials and equipment for children's education and recreational activities..

If your initial enquiry is suitable, an appointment will be made for our Coordinators to visit you at your home to talk about your FDC plans and further assess the suitability of you and your home to meet the legislative and Scheme requirements.

**Registration with our Scheme provides**:

- Registration with a long standing Service fully approved for Child Care Subsidy.
- New Educator Training.
- Free Professional development training.
- Play Sessions run by our qualified Play Session Coordinator.
- Peer support and networking.
- Access to our Resource Library for quality educational resources & car seat.
- Promotion and marketing of Family Day Care to the community.
- Guidelines for administration and fees for operating your business.
- Support and mentoring by our experienced and dedicated Coordination Unit.
- Be part of a professional mission based organisation committed to providing families with quality child care options.

**Being an Educator involves**:

- Having inside and outside spaces for the children to play and learn.
- Having a genuine interest in working with young children.
- Enjoying being with children for long hours without other adult company.
- Providing a warm and friendly environment that gives children the feeling that they are welcome, secure and cared for.
- Being in good health with the physical and emotional strength and stamina that is needed to care for children.
- Being able to handle incidents and emergencies calmly and efficiently.
- Being flexible enough to handle the surprises that come when working with children.
- Being able to give children the continuity of care they need.
- The satisfaction and joy of being an Educator working with young children and their family.
- Feeling confident to be able to communicate and work in partnership with families.
- The skills and knowledge necessary to provide a quality written program for children.
- The skills and knowledge to run your own small business from home. This includes computer skills, business management skills such as invoicing and receipting, debt management, and keeping accurate tax records.
- A change in lifestyle for your own family. The other members of your household need to be supportive of your choice and willing to make the changes necessary to your home to meet safety standards and accommodate your daily routines.
- Following Family Day Care regulations and policies regarding smoking, drug use and alcohol consumption which prohibit smoking, the use of drugs or drinking alcohol while children are in care. For your family this means that you and other family members cannot smoke, use drugs or consume alcohol during your working hours.
- Being a Family Day Care Educator is a work commitment like any other job. Planned holidays and days off require plenty of notice given to families and the Coordination Team.
- Family Day Care Educators undergo annual Re-registration with the Scheme, which includes house inspections, vehicle inspections, car seat restraint checks, medical checks, first aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma updates, Blue Card checks etc.
- Having a minimum qualification of Certificate III in Early Education and Care or above. Or be actively studying towrds your Early Childhood Education Qualification (this may change depending on the department of education)
- Having current certificates in First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma.
- Having a current Blue Card for yourself and all adult occupants.
- Having current Child Protection training