Educator Job in Queensland Recruiting by C&K - The Creche And Kindergarten

Want to use your skills and passion to help children belong, grow & flourish with a team that wants the same for you? Find a better way with C&K.This is what I enjoy about working with C&K; the staff truly embody the company's purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed in an ever-changing world.- Mackenzee Nicolson – Assistant Educator, Gumdale C&KFor Children. For You. For Always. Are you ready to make a difference that lasts a lifetime?At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children's lives. It's what we've been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we've built a trusted reputation as Queensland's leading provider of early childhood education.Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.Find your Better WayEvery C&K career helps children belong and grow. We want the same for you and joining C&K means impacting a child's life journey for the time they spend with us and long after they leave. But, so much of what we do depends on you.We'll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow. Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $27-$31 per hour plus salary sacrificing options.Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.Find a healthy work-life balance with parental leave, return-to-work support, and family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres.We fully fund your Blue Card, Police Check, First Aid, CPR, and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.Our Referral program also awards you with $1000 for referring a successful candidate so you can be rewarded for supporting your team's growth.Take advantage of the C&K College to further develop your skills and qualifications. Help shape the future of children in our careAs one of our highly valued Educators, you'll support and guide children's learning and development, so they become curious, capable and confident lifelong learners.At C&K Mooloolaba Childcare Centre, we welcome children from 0 to 5 years old and provide care and early learning five days a week from 6:30am to 6:15pm.C&K Mooloolaba Childcare Centre is a branch service of C&K. This early childhood education centre began with Maroochy Shire Council in 1982 and transitioned to C&K in 2007. Since 1982 this centre has played an important part in the lives of hundreds of children and their families in and around this local area.Here at C&K Mooloolaba we have large natural play spaces including trees, scrubs, 2 large sandpits, decks, a vegetable garden with water tank, a bush tucker garden, swings and a fort. We value the importance of playing in and learning from natural environments and encourage the native wildlife with bird feeders and have 2 chickens, Henny Penny and Milly, as well as our own stingless native bees hive in the vegetable garden. Our centre is welcoming and friendly with a homely feel and comprises of three play rooms and we provide nappies for the children in our Nursery and Pre-Kindy age groups.Using your skills, ideas and passion for education, you'll help shape the future of children in our care by collaborating with your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children, their families and our wider community.What you'll bringWhether you're an experienced early childhood professional, newly graduated or just commencing your studies, if you're energetic, fun and committed to guiding children's early learning and development, we'll set you up for success!To thrive and succeed in this role, you will either have or be willing to work towards: A minimum of a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or willingness to commence studying that qualification.First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.A Police Check current within three months (or willingness to obtain one). You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join C&K, you join a village of good-hearted, talented people, so you can lean on them as they lean on you.Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always. C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a '' or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from all backgrounds.Mooloolaba, QLDWe are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.