Childcare Traineeship

**Kickstart your Career in Child Care**

Are you looking for an opportunity to build a career in childcare?

Are you excited about early childhood and your potential to positively impact on the lives of children?

Do you love connecting with people and working collaboratively in a team environment?

If you answered yes to all these questions, then you maybe the right person to join our team at Little Miracles.

What makes Little Miracles special? At Little Miracles we believe that everyone is equally and totally valuable. We understand that everyone is uniquely created and has unique strengths. Building on your uniqueness we endeavour to help you bring out your individual strengths to help you be the best version of yourself.

**About the Role**:
On offer is an 18-month Certificate III Early Education traineeship. You will be given the support and guidance to learn on the job whilst getting paid to build yourself a new rewarding and lasting career.

During your traineeship you will work with our trained educators who will support you to grow into a well-rounded educator. You will work with our beautiful children and families and be a vital person in their lives to help them reach their full potential, while supporting each child to transition into their next stages of life.

**Benefits**:
Here at Little Miracles, we are a "people come first" business and our educators are valued above everything else. Working at Little Miracles will give you the following benefits:

- $500 sign on bonus after 3 months of employment
- Government financial support during your traineeship of $1,250 every six months (up to a total of $5,000) paid directly to YOU for eligible trainees
- Paid lunch breaks means you work less hours
- Weekly study breaks
- High quality and well-resourced environments for children and educators
- Discounted childcare rates for your children
- Multiple staff fun/bonding days per year
- Expert training and support -We have trained literally hundreds of Trainees within our 18 years of operation. Little Miracles has extremely high standards, so successful applicants who go onto complete their traineeships will be well equipped Certificate 3 trained educators

First class virtual training given off the floor to complete part of your study
- Extensive career potential -At Little Miracles many of our Certificate 3 trainees have gone onto complete their diploma traineeships and then some trainees have gone on to become Early Childhood Teachers (eligible applicants financially supported by Little Miracles), 2IC's, Nominated Supervisors, Area Managers, Curriculum Managers, New Centre Start Up Managers and other exciting roles within our expanding business.
- Personal Growth development and support -Dedicated personal staff development programs delivered by our Head of Community and Culture and our Wellbeing coach

In person and phone access to our In-house Wellbeing coach and Wellbeing apps

**Skills and experience**:

- No previous experience is required
- A can-do attitude and willingness to learn is essential
- To be successful you need to be organised and able to multi-task

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: $12.52 - $16.96 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Childcare assistance
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

COVID-19 considerations:
Little Miracles has a comprehensive Covid safe policy.

**Education**:

- High School (Year 9-11) (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Working with Children Check (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)