Child Care Assistant Educator

Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) is a large and dynamic organisation with more than 50 locations throughout South East Queensland supporting 100,000 Queenslanders every year.  To learn more about our dynamic organisation, please see www.wmq.org.au & https://www.youtube.com/user/wmbmedia.

Little Marchants Child Care Centre offers care from birth to five years and is a 29 place centre and is open from 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. The centre is set in the grounds of the Whellar Gardens community and hosts an intergenerational program that promotes the interactions between residents and the children.

We are meeting the nation quality standards and are proud to have flexible and responsive learning environments both indoor and outside.

We are a smaller service that has strong relationships with families and demonstrates respect for each member of our community.

Our centre vision is to provide a place where children can experience belonging through inclusion and acceptance. Living in the moment and showing their being in these beautiful moments. Building on these moments and becoming who they want to be!

The rooms are guided by the Early Years Learning Framework and our Kindergarten program appropriately reflects the Queensland Kindergarten Guidelines.

We are looking for casual assistant educators to join our team. Little Marchants is located in Chermside and we have other services located at The Gap and Toowong. We are requesting casuals be available to work across the services.

We are looking for educators that are passionate, driven, flexible, dedicated, and gentle and can work autonomously and in a team environment.

The successful applicants will:

Hold Certificate III or Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care – we encourage people who are studying to apply
Hold current Working with Children Suitability Notice (or the ability to apply for a one)
Hold approved first aid qualifications  

We can offer you:

Generous professional development opportunities (including networking with other early childhood services)
Some early childhood recommended vaccines reimbursed (Hep A & B, whooping cough)
A supportive and positive working environment

If you're an Educator seeking an exciting career opportunity, please apply!  We are keen to welcome new members to our team as soon as possible! 

Applications must address the 'Qualifications, Knowledge and Requirement' for this role (contained within the attached position description) and are to be submitted online at www.wmq.org.au by 4pm of the advertisement close date. 

For more information, please contact Samantha at littlemarchants@wmq.org.au or 36212098

Wesley Mission Queensland's Vision is a compassionate, just and inclusive society for all.  We are committed to EEO, OH&S, Ethical Practices and the principles of Cultural Diversity.  We are a preferred employer for older workers.  Successful applicants are expected to abide by the WMQ Code of Conduct.  Relevant criminal record checks will be undertaken on recommended applicant.  To view our Privacy Policy, please click here.  Salary Packaging is available to permanent Staff to enhance remuneration.