Early Childhood Educator Qualified Elc

Permanent full time -12 months maternity leave contract
- Opportunities for continued learning and development within a supportive team
- Highly regarded Early Learning Centre, exceeding national standards

**About the role**:
Our Early Learning Centre is located on the grounds of St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School. We are seeking a motivated and experienced Early Childhood Educator’s to join our team who excels in understanding the needs of children and are dedicated to creating a warm, caring and safe environment.

Our centre is open from Monday to Friday, during school terms. This is a full-time permanent role.

**Location**: Lake Munmorah NSW
**Classification**: Full time
**Award level**: CSA 4.3 + Above award rate + paid school holiday leave
**Days**: Monday to Friday
**Hours**: 7:45am-3:21pm.

**The Early Childhood Educator is responsible for**
- Assisting in implementing and evaluating programs for children aged 3- 5 years in an Early Learning Centre
- Working with the Director in ensuring compliance with relevant law, regulations and National Quality Framework
- Providing a safe, nurturing and positive learning environment for children
- Building strong and effective relationships with children and their families
- Ability to form collaborative and positive relationship with colleagues

**Requirements**:

- Hold a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Have a current Working with Children Clearance
- Completed CHCPRT025 ‘Identify and report children and young people at risk’
- Experience working in Children Services, particularly with children aged 3-5
- Completed or willing to complete Safe Food Handling training
- Have or will complete before starting a First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis certificate

**What sets us apart?**
Our centre provides a beautiful, calm environment for both children and educators to enjoy. We have an experienced and skilled team who are excited to come to work each day and deliver a rich program that is flexible to the needs and interests of the children. Staffing arrangements and work conditions are of a high standard, ensuring the team is well supported and their wellbeing is high priority. As a not-for-profit community-based preschool, our philosophy and practice reflect the importance of early childhood play based education in the lifelong journey of learning and development for all.

**What do the children want?**
We asked the children what they would want a new teacher at preschool to be like. Here are some of their answers:

- To be a calm teacher, kind and nice
- Talk nicely, not loud and don’t yell
- Give us good activities to do that are fun
- A teacher that can do cool things like juggle with a ball
- Take us on walks to the big school and even the ice-cream shop
- They should sing songs and do dances and read stories that we like
- A teacher that can do puzzles and paint at the easel
- They need to keep our room clean and help us pack away
- Give us a cuddle when we are sad and when we are happy, and look after us if we hurt ourselves

**Why Join CatholicCare?**
- **Salary Packaging** - Reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay
- **Training & Development** - Ongoing learning opportunities to grow your career
- **Employee Assistance Program** - Free, confidential counselling and support
- **Bupa Health Discounts** - Corporate health benefits
- **Extra Leave** - Additional paid leave day over Christmas
- **Hope Awards** - Be recognised and celebrated for your impact
- **Baby Bonus** - Paid bonus for eligible primary carer

**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.

You don’t need to be Catholic to work with us - we welcome people of all backgrounds who share our values of **compassion, courage, excellence, respect, and social justice**. We are a** safe, inclusive, and respectful employer.