Trainee Educator

Trainee Educator
- **Obtain your Certificate III in Early Childhood Education through C&K**:

- **12-month Fixed term contract; with a possibility of extension**:

- **Working Monday to Fridays**.
- **Commence immediately**

**Where Every Child Flourishes**

We are Queensland’s biggest childcare and kindergarten provider with nearly 350 early services located across our sunny state. We strive to encourage a love of learning through our curriculum approach of Listening and Learning Together

Our team are driven by our purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed and passionate about our culture of collaboration, inclusivity and dedication to the growth of all our people, little or otherwise

At C&K Cotton Tree Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning five days a week from 7:00am to 6:00pm.

C&K Cotton Tree has been a fixture in the community for 40 years and originally opened its doors in May 1976. It is a purpose built Childcare Centre with 5 rooms. We have a dining room, a great space where the children sit, talk and eat with the educators. The room is also used for celebrations, workshops and special events.

We invite you to join our Cotton Tree team as a **Trainee Educator**. As a trainee educator, you will assist in the implementation of a quality care and education program for babies and/or young children, in cooperation with other team members.

We are looking for an enthusiastic** Trainee Educator** to join the Centre.

**Joining us will bring you**:

- **Unrivalled Support**: Join a welcoming and collaborative team committed to providing you all the training, learning and support you need to grow your skills and knowledge We want you to evolve and grow within our team.
- **Wellbeing**: Access our comprehensive support services like our Employee Assistance Program.
- **C&K's exclusive Birth to Three program** - we want you to 'slow down' and be in the moment with the children as they learn and explore the world. Our focus is on building deep and trusting relationships with the children.

**Joining us will bring you**:
Training and support to C&K's new revised curriculum "Listening & Learning Together" as well as our Birth to Three approach. You will be also given an access to online learning education hub which has a dedicated Learning and Development department that provides our employees access to online training and courses for our educators to access.

**As well as;**
- Beautiful natural learning environments for children and educators to learn together
- Work for one of Queensland's leading early education not-for-profit providers
- Career progression opportunities
- Gain experience with all age groups
- Feeling connected through your community
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Support from your college trainers
- Receive a recognised Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and Care on completion
- Work, learn and study with C&K
- C&K pay for you to study your Certificate 3 in Early Childhood

**What we will require from you as a Trainee Educator**:

- Share all duties involved in the care and education of the children with other educators
- Actively participate in staff meetings and training opportunities
- Prepare materials and activities as required
- Contribute to, and actively assist in the delivery of the program planned
- Build meaningful relationships and interactions with children
- Contribute to each child’s C&K learning portfolio
- Must be willing to complete studies towards your qualification to successfully complete within the timeframe
- Ability to commit to and complete a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care through the C&K College
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- **Applicants who already hold an Early Childhood Qualification are not eligible for a traineeship.**

**About C&K College**

C&K College of Early Childhood is a Nationally Registered Training Organisation (RTO) delivering training to early childhood educators and carers since 1998. Via this traineeship pathway, our aim is to deliver quality education and training by providing work-based mentoring, tailor-made tutorial sessions delivered by experienced trainers and assessors and access to development resources and C&K policies and procedures.

Joining us will bring you:

- **Unrivalled Support**: Join a welcoming and collaborative team committed to providing you with all the training, learning and support you need to grow your skills and knowledge We want you to evolve and grow within our team.
- **Wellbeing**: Access our comprehensive support services like our Employee Assistance Program.
- **C&K's exclusive Birth to Three program** - we want you to 'slow down' and be in the moment with the children as they learn and explore the world. Our focus is on building deep and trusting relationships with the children.

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which in