About the role

Our Child Care Educators are responsible for providing a safe, interactive and fun playtime for the primary school children who attend our OSHC at St John The Baptist Primary School Woy Woy. Our Before and After School Care program is all about play based learning, excursions and engaging with the children and learning about their interesting and providing choice.

This is a permanent part time position working 10.5 hours per week.

During term time this role would be working Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30pm to 6.00pm. You would have the ability to pick up additional hours during the school holidays!

Duties

• Assisting the Coordinator to plan, implement and evaluate programs.
• Ensuring a welcoming, safe, hygienic environment, reflective of best practices.
• Creating a fun and engaging environment through play experiences.
• Developing positive and supportive relationships with children and families.
• Ability to form collaborative and positive relationship with colleagues

Requirements

• Experience with primary school aged children.
• Working With Children Check.

Highly Desirable

• Current First Aid certification/CPR certification/Asthma and Anaphylaxis.
• Completion of CHCPRT025 "Identify & report children and young people at risk" certificate or willingness to obtain.

Culture and Benefits

We know that changing roles is a big decision – so here is what we can offer you:

• Salary packaging – also known as salary sacrifice - means allocating a portion of your salary to pay certain expenses before income tax is calculated. So, on pay day you pay less income tax and have more money for the things that matter.
• Access to training and learning opportunities.
• An Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling and support.
• Additional paid leave day over the Christmas period.

About us

At CatholicCare, we understand the importance of children getting off to a good start in happy, creative and supportive environments that provide opportunities for children to explore, make friends, build on their strengths and get any extra help they need to set them on a positive learning journey.

Our dedicated teams of educators embrace a child’s right to play and facilitate rich learning environments which are relevant, meaningful and full of possibilities, so children are safe, happy, healthy and included. We offer a range of services for children to suit their age and family preferences including early learning and care centres, out of school hours care, vacation care and family day care.

We are a safe, respectful, and inclusive employer. We welcome all applicants, regardless of their cultural background, gender, faith or disability. Our organisation will accommodate any reasonable requests to support you to thrive during the recruitment process and beyond.

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