Flexible Work from Home for Early Childhood Educators
Are you looking for a flexible and rewarding childcare career that you can do from home? Combine your passion for children with the opportunity to create a financially rewarding, professional home-based career as a family day care educator. We are particularly looking for educators in Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges.
Become a Family Day Educator with Our Village
As an educator within Our Village Family Childcare, you will be part of an established high quality childcare service within a genuine values-based organisation. You will be running your own small business with support from Our Village Family Childcare’s highly experienced, professional, and knowledgeable team.
Our Village Family Childcare is a high-quality childcare service committed to providing education and care for children from 6 weeks of age to 12 years in the homes of qualified early childhood/family day care educators. With over 40 years’ experience, proudly not-for-profit and for families, our family day care service offers children a high-quality learning environment with a qualified and enthusiastic educator in a small group setting.
As part of the commitment to quality, all educators are supported by the Our Village central coordination unit. Our educators recognise that children are unique and understand that they develop at their own pace. Based on this, an individual program is created based on the child’s interests and abilities. Families will be encouraged to contribute to this program. All education and care programs are developed in line with approved learning frameworks.
Rainbow Tick Accredited
Our Village is part of Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health Community Health and is proudly a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. The Rainbow Tick is a quality framework that helps health and human services organisations show that they are safe, inclusive, and affirming services and employers for the LGBTIQA+ community.
About the Role
As a registered family day care educator, you will provide educational care for babies and children in your own home. You will be responsible for the day to day running of your service ensuring quality service delivery through positive interactions with both children and families. You will always ensure close and adequate supervision allowing for an environment that is conducive to the health, safety, development, and wellbeing of the children in your care.
All family day care educators are required to provide quality care by having the willingness and ability to plan appropriate daily routines for the children in care, as well as providing developmentally appropriate learning experiences.
We are currently seeking family day care educators across Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges as well as well as other regions within our scope which include Hume, Brimbank and Moonee Valley.
About You
- You must hold a minimum Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.
- You will possess sound knowledge of the National Early Childhood Education and Care National Law and Regulations as well as the Early Years Leaning Frameworks.
- You have a positive attitude to the service as an education and childcare option and a strong commitment to provide quality education and care within the service.
- You are able to communicate effectively with the children and adults who are clients of your family day care business and the coordination unit.
- You demonstrate flexibility and the willingness to be open to new ideas.
- You must have good organisational and time management skills.
Benefits and Perks
- Flexible working hours and days
- Work at home with your own children (following the guidelines within National Regulations that outline the number of children you have in your care).
- Families love family day care and in many of our areas there is a huge demand for more educators. According to Family Day Care Australia, as the needs of working families are changing and are increasing, family day care services have never been in such high demand.
- Set your own fees in collaboration with our coordination unit (within our agreed fee tier schedule). All educator fees are reviewed and negotiated annually with the coordination unit.
- Work cover included.
What Support is Available?
- Be a part of a family day care service that is filled with expertise, experience and passion to support you within your business.
- Practical assistance with start-up as well as ongoing support including marketing from the Our Village coordination unit.
- Finance management – we will collect all fees on your behalf leaving you with no bad debts and awkward conversations with families.
- Free professional counselling from our world class employee assistance program.
Successful applicants will be required to undertake and maintain a National Criminal History Check and hold a current valid Working With Children Check.
Further Information:
For a confidential discussion or to send in your application, please contact Amanda Urban, Manager Our Village Family Childcare on 97449252 or email amanda.urban@scchc.org.au using the subject line: Educator Application.
