Trainee Educator

**Obtain your Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education through C&K**:

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

- **Working Monday to Friday**:

- **Supportive team of educators and trainers while you study and work**

**About the Role**:
C&K Caloundra Community Childcare Centre, located in Caloundra is now looking for an enthusiastic Trainee Assistant to join the Centre. This Traineeship will see you commencing on a 12-month fixed term contract, with a possibility of becoming permanent, working 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

At C&K Caloundra Community Child Care Centre, we welcome children from 6 weeks of age to 5 years old and provide care and early learning five days a week from 6:30am to 6:00pm.

We are located off Cooroora Street in Caloundra, opposite the Caloundra Junior Rugby League Club. Our centre is less than 10 minutes from the Caloundra city centre, close to bus stops servicing the area.

**The benefits**:
You will be given training and support to C&K's new revised curriculum "Listening & Learning Together" as well as our Birth to Three approach. C&K offers an online learning education hub and has a dedicated Learning and Development department which 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

**Your responsibilities**:

- 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
- Prior experience within early childhood education would be an advantage
- 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 will not be able to be considered 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.

**About C&K**

C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community-based early childhood education and care services in Queensland. Working at C&K you will have access to many benefits including, but not limited to, above-award wages, salary packaging options, priority access to C&K childcare and kindergarten centres and access to study through our C&K College.

Please be aware that the Queensland Government’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Workers in a high-risk setting Direction requires all workers who enter, work in, or provide services in an early childhood education and care setting to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. This Direction applies to C&K.

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes police checks.

Location: Caloundra, QLD