Early Childhood Teacher | C&K Kedron Childcare Centre

Early Childhood Teacher - C&K Kedron Childcare Centre

• Permanent position; 40 hours per week, with a monthly RDO
• Be a member of a successful and sustainable company and long-standing company with an excellent reputation and a history stretching back over 100 years.
• Join a team that plays an active role within the local and wider community

At C&K Kedron Childcare Centre, we are housed in a purpose-built facility which accommodates children between the ages of 6 weeks to 5 years. As a home away from home, our environment provides feelings of being safe, secure and supported while in the care of our qualified educators. Our service has a combination of age-based rooms and welcoming spaces that provide opportunities for a variety of ages to interact. We also offer a unique outdoor environment with large natural play spaces. We encourage the care of our natural world through teaching responsibility and sustainability practices.

Our Centre is now looking for an Early Childhood Teacher who is passionate about working alongside children in their early years to join their team in the Kindergarten room. When joining our Centre, you will contribute to a team that values open communication, sees children as competent and capable learners. This is a permanent full time position.

C&K Kedron embraces Listening and Learning Together: C&K Curriculum Approach which underpins the values, commitments and visions for children's learning in support of the expectations described in The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF) and the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines (QKLG). A distinguishing feature of the curriculum approach is the way that educators skillfully partner with children and families to create caring and vibrant learning communities.

About you 

An experienced Early Childhood Teacher, you will be energetic, fun, passionate and committed to supporting and guiding children’s learning and development. You will have the following: 

• Early Childhood Teachers: Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood or equivalent (recognised by ACECQA as an early childhood teaching qualification) OR Bachelor of Primary Teaching with approved diploma level qualification or enrolled and studying toward
• Experience in implementing and delivering a Kindergarten program
• Knowledge of National Quality Framework and Standards ("NQF" and "NQS"), the Early Years Learning Framework ("EYLF")
• Current First Aid, CPR and Asthma & Anaphylaxis certification
• Hold or willing to obtain a paid Blue Card or Exemption Card
• Passion for creating and delivering a simulating learning environment
• An understanding of the provision of a safe, well planned indoor and outdoor learning environment
• Skilled with documenting observations of children's behaviour and development, in the form of learning stories

The benefits

C&K offers a number of benefits to its employees including:

• Above award wages
• Learning and development opportunities
• Additional non-contact time
• Discounted fees to study with the C&K College of Early Childhood
• Salary packaging options
• Priority access to C&K childcare and kindergarten services
• Return to work support
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About C&K 

The Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited (C&K) is a not-for-profit early childhood provider with nearly 350 early childhood education and care services located across Queensland. C&K acknowledges that each child and family have unique early education and care requirements and so we provide a range of different programs including childcare, kindergarten, outside school hours' care and integrated services. 

C&K is committed to an inclusive workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.  

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes a police check. 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only. C&K reserve the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible. 

Please be aware that the Queensland Government’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Workers in a high-risk setting Direction requires all workers who enter, work in, or provide services in an early childhood education and care setting to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.  This Direction applies to C&K. 

If this sounds like you, apply now!