Child Care Worker

Posted: 27/05/2025

Closing Date: 27/06/2025

Job Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Macquarie

Job Category: Education

**Our Purpose and Ambition**

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We’re a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

We are currently creating a world-leading centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University that represents a new era for hearing and vision loss. This nationally significant social infrastructure project will be a place to nurture, trial and share new ideas and form new partnerships that will drive better outcomes for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision.

**The Role**

NextSense has an exciting opportunity for an **Educator** to join our team at our brand new pre-school located on-site at Macquarie University. This is a **permanent part-time** role, working 15 hours per week across two days, and reports directly to the Head of Early Years. You’ll make a difference in this role by:

- supporting the delivery of a range of individual and small group education programs to meet the individual needs of all children in NextSense's care;
- designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating appropriate individualised approaches to education through participation in team programming sessions and small group activities;
- liaising with parents as to the needs of the children and of required services;
- supporting the work of Early Childhood Teachers to ensure high quality outcomes for children who have a sensory disability;
- taking responsibility for an allocated group of children;
- undertaking general administrative duties such as preparing and maintaining records, reports and other documentation

**What we can offer you**
- Competitive remuneration
- Salary packaging allowing you to increase your take home pay
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer
- Access to industry leading education and professional development
- Collaborative work environment
- Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.

**Required qualifications, skills or experience**:

- an Australian Qualifications Framework Certificate III in Children’s Services or equivalent;
- ability to communicate effectively with other members of the service, and NextSense together with children, families, visitors and other professionals;
- thorough knowledge of the National Quality Framework, National Laws, National Regulations and the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia;
- effective written and verbal communication;
- commitment to high quality teamwork;
- a verified Working With Childen Check, Criminal Record Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check

**Preferred qualifications, skills or experience**:

- awareness of an optimal learning environment for young children with a sensory disability and their community peers
- skills in using Auslan (Australian Sign Language) or willingness to learn
- a current First Aid Certificate