Permanent Part-Time Position (60 hours per fortnight)
Salary from $55,584pa (includes superannuation)
Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.
Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.
The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW. This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work.
Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities.
A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:
- Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
- Long service leave after 5 years
- Generous leave entitlements
- Corporate wellbeing programs
- Employee vaccinations
- PPE supplied
- Training and development programs
- Education assistance
THE POSITION
The Educator Supervisor will plan, develop and implement individual and group activities for children aged 5 to 12 years in Out of School Hours Care and families with children 0 to 5 years at outreach playgroups, and provide care and supervision of children conducive to their needs and development.
Reporting to Coordinator of Children, Youth and Family Services, you will:
- Work as a team member to ensure the provision of an informed, coordinated and quality childcare service to children and their families.
- Maintain awareness of and compliance of relevant legislation and standards.
- Maintain awareness and compliance of National Quality Framework and Standards.
- Develops programs and builds a curriculum based on the My Time Our Place Framework, documenting events and promoting teaching techniques that stimulate, engage and enhance learning journeys for children.
- Promotes partnerships with families which contribute to a strong, inclusive community within the service, presenting a welcoming environment where the diversity of families and communities, and the aspirations they hold for their children, are respected and promoted as the foundation of the service.
- Maintains an understanding of obligations as a ‘Mandatory Reporter’, following the Mandatory Reporter Guide (MRG) and lodges reports by telephoning the Child Protection Helpline and creating an eReport through the ChildStory Reporter Website.
- Acts in the role of Nominated Supervisor and Responsible Person as required and conducts duties in accordance with the requirements of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).
- Assists with activities in other areas of the Children, Youth and Family Services Section as required, including the delivery of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) funded Playgroups.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Specifically, you will have:
Essential
- Eligibility to be the Nominated Supervisor and Responsible Person as approved by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) including holding an Approved Child Protection Certificate
- Sound awareness and understanding of relevant education and care guidelines, standards and legislation, with demonstrated practical experience in children’s services
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and guardians, both orally and in writing
- Class C Driver’s Licence (Car Licence)
- Ability to meet the requirements for a Criminal Record and Police Check and NSW Working with Children Check
Desirable
- Relevant qualification/s
- Current certificates in Apply First Aid, asthma / anaphylaxis management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Experience working with children with disabilities
- Experience in developing and coordinating supported playgroups
- Experience mentoring staff including the development and maintenance of staff rosters
HOW TO APPLY
- Applications close: 5:00pm on Monday 4 March 2024
- Carefully read the position description and guide to applying for employment to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
- Please ensure that you attach a copy of a recent resume
- Position specific enquiries may be directed to Ellie Brackenborough, Manager of Community Services on (02) 6730 2504 or email [email protected]
- Any enquiries relating to the application process may be directed to Helen Stapleton on (02) 6730 2303 or email [email protected]
- Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake referee checks, police checks and a functional assessment with Council’s physiotherapist.
- All correspondence will be via the email address you supply as part of your application, therefore please ensure that the email address is valid and that you check it regularly (please be sure to check your junk email also).
Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.
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