Educator

**Be rewarded for supporting the growth of our teams with a $1000 referral bonus**: - **Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $25.10-$33.67 per hour plus salary sacrificing options.**: - **Save money with childcare discounts for eligible employees with children enrolled at a C&K Branch Centre.** - “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_ **Are you ready to make a difference that lasts a lifetime?** 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. But times are changing, and so are we. And although we’re passionate believers that children come first, we know our people must come first, too. **Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.** **Find your Better Way** Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We want the same for you and joining C&K means impacting a child’s life journey for the time they spend with us and long after they leave. But, so much of what we do depends on you. 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 $25.10-$33.67 per hour plus salary sacrificing options. - Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family. - Find a healthy work-life balance with parental leave, return-to-work support, and family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres. - We fully fund your Blue Card, Police Check, First Aid, CPR, and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification. - Take advantage of the C&K College to further develop your skills and qualifications. **Help shape the future of children in our care** As one of our highly valued Educators, you’ll support and guide children’s learning and development, so they become curious, capable and confident lifelong learners. **Welcome to C&K Yuingi Community Child Care Centre**, where your child will feel safe, make friends and belong. Tucked away in the leafy suburb of Oxley is our hidden gem. We are proud of our spacious natural outdoor learning environment which has real trees, grass, dirt, leaves, and wildlife such as native birds and possums nesting in the trees. Our nature-based playground inspires challenging and open-ended play where children are provided with uninterrupted time to explore and engage in learning. We respect children as powerful learners, thinkers and theorisers and active citizens. We have a wide range of cultural and linguistic background with our families and staff. This provides us the opportunity to incorporate these cultures and languages throughout the centre. Our approach to inclusion and diversity ensures that every child, family and staff member feels safe, welcomed and important. **Yuingi Childcare Centre is looking for passionate and dedicated Educators to join our team In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work with children in a dynamic and nurturing environment, helping shape their early learning experiences. As part of our supportive team, you’ll enjoy the variety of a rotational roster, with shifts between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. If you're enthusiastic about making a positive impact on young minds and thrive in a collaborative setting, this could be the perfect opportunity for you** **What you’ll bring** Whether you’re an experienced early childhood professional, newly graduated or just commencing your studies, if you’re energetic, fun and committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success To thrive and succeed in this role, you will either have or be willing to work towards: - A minimum of a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or working towards this qualification. - First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification. - Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card. - A Police Check current within three months (or willingness to obtain one). 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 are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant."