Family Day Care Support Officer

**Family Day Care Support Officer**:
**Job no**: 498179

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 5 ($76,355- $86,617 pa)

**Categories**: Early Childhood Education, Child & Family Services

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we have built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**About the role**
In this role, you will supervise and support a geographical group of Contract Educators that provide early childhood education and care services from their own homes. You will primarily be required to appropriately monitor and support Contract Educators in the provision of a high quality home based education and care service, organise appropriate child placements, support the service development in accordance with Council, Commonwealth and State Government regulations, guidelines, policies and standards.

Employment type: Permanent Full Time

**Salary**: Band 5 $76,355 - $86,617 (pa plus super)

Key responsibilities include:

- Support the administration team in the enrolment of children into the service with suitable Contract Educators as required
- Foster relationships between Early Years Services and culturally diverse families, to make sure our service is safe, responsive and accessible to their cultural needs.
- Identify and support existing contract educators whose skills and practices require improvement, through the development of a Quality Improvement Plan.
- Support Educators through periods of Rating and Assessment and Compliance Visits by the Department of Education and Training (DET)
- Evaluate and identify work practices and processes which will contribute to the continuous improvement of the services and the practices of the individual Contract Educators
- Support the development of strategic responses to address the barriers and challenges for vulnerable children so that access, engagement and ongoing participation with early years services is improved.

**About you**

Essential Experience:

- Several years of experience in the delivery of an education and care service, including direct supervision and guidance of staff
- Proven working knowledge and understanding of the ECS National Regulations 2011 and ECS National Law Act 2010 and National Quality Framework
- Well developed mediation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to monitor and evaluate Contract Educator’s competency in line with the expectations of the National Quality Framework
- Competent computer skills and adaptable in using a range of technologies.
- Diploma of Children’s Services or equivalent

**A career with us**
With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees have moved to our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- flexible work arrangements including RDO options in specified work areas
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited