Diploma Trained Educators

Little Miracles; Central Coast Council, Gosford; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above Award wages

Paid lunch breaks

60% off gap fees for children

Staff bonding days

Area Manager support visits

Professional development

Job summary

Little Miracles is hiring Diploma- or Certificate 3-qualified educators to join our Tuggerah and Point Clare teams. We promote internal career progression and provide extensive staff support and development.

You will nurture positive relationships with children, families and colleagues, create engaging learning experiences, and maintain a safe, developmentally appropriate environment while contributing to a collaborative team culture.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care or Certificate 3 with Diploma Traineeship.
• Current Working with Children’s Check (WWCC) required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with children, families and colleagues.
• Build rapport with children through play and conversations to create learning experiences.
• Ensure the learning environment is developmentally appropriate and safe.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate program effectiveness.
• Contribute to a supportive team culture and collaboration.

Skills

Relationship building

Child engagement

Team collaboration

Education

Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care

Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and Care

Job description

Due to growth in enrolments we are looking for Diploma trained educators to join our teams in Tuggerah and Point Clare.

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:

• Above Award wages and worker retention payment
• Paid lunch breaks means you work less hours
• Discounted childcare rates for your children – 60% off your gap fee.
• Multiple staff fun/bonding days per year
• Weekly support visits from the Area Manager
• 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
• Access to Professional Development Programs and Support
  • Professional Development Training Sessions to encourage, inform and support staff
  • Monthly curriculum support visits from our Curriculum Consultant
  • Guiding children’s behaviour program support visits
• High quality and well-resourced environment
• Opportunity for career progression. We PROMOTE INTERNALLY first

About the role

The successful candidate will be a passionate and dedicated team member who loves teaching and brings the best out of every child. In this role you will be required to:

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with all children, families and work colleagues
• Be able to build rapport with children through play, engage in conversation and help to create learning experiences around their interests
• Ensure the centre environment is developmentally appropriate for children
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of programs
• Create a friendly, secure and interactive learning environment
• Be part of a supportive team environment and culture that values each team member and promotes collaboration through sharing information and teamwork
• Ensure a high level of health & safety standards are always maintained

Are you interested in progressing your career to become ECT qualified? This is aoptionalextra perk of working at Little Miracles.

Little Miracles is an employer with a long history of supporting and training educators to complete their Certificate 3 and Diploma qualifications. We are now offering ECT scholarships to successful candidates! So, what’s the deal?

• Successful candidates will work full time whilst studying full time online with the University of New England (UNE)
• On average you study 3 units each trimester and complete your degree over 3 years
• If the centre you work at applies for a waiver for you to work as an ECT, we will even pay you as an entry level ECT whilst you study!
• You can be eligible for a waiver with just 1 year of experience as a Diploma room leader or 2 years’ experience working as a fully qualified diploma
• Also, instead of paying for the $12,450 course fees yourself and creating a Course Fee HELP debt, we will pay the fees for you!

Required Qualifications

• A Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Careor
• A Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and care and willing to undertake a Diploma Traineeship.
• Current Working with Children’s Check