Educator - Children Services

Date: 3 Apr 2024

Location: Little Bay, AU

Company: YMCA NSW

We are looking for committed PPT educator to support children at our OSHC services in Little Bay.

 

  • Inspire children in your community
  • Create valuable opportunities outside of the classroom
  • Unique development role for those with a background in teaching or early childcare
  • Permanent and flexible working security, to help your work-life balance


 
About your new role
 

  • You will provide fun and engaging activities for primary school age children
  • You will help design a calendar of inclusive, exciting, and engaging program activities
  • You will join our team of over 300 Educators who support children across NSW
  • You will be able to follow our development pathway to learn new skills and build your career

 
About you
 

  • Y NSW staff love supporting their communities!
  • Y NSW OSHC Educators are motivated to help develop children outside of the classroom
  • Everyone at the Y NSW ensures that we provide supportive service for families
  • Everyone at the Y NSW is committed to safeguarding and hosting safe learning environments 


 
To be successful in this role, you will have:
 

  • Experience supervising and a passion for supporting children
  • Ability to follow safeguarding priorities
  • Availability to work before and after school hours (Monday - Friday)
  • Valid NSW Working with Children Check
  • Diploma, Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or equivalent (desirable)
  • Identify and Report Children and Young People at Risk CHCPRT025 OR CHCPRT001 (desirable)
  • HLTAID004 /HLTAID012 - Current First Aid and CPR 
  • Police Check (paid for by the Y)

 
Y work with us?
 

  • Work within a supportive team linking community education, recreation, and youth services.
  • Learn and develop through the Y’s online module programs.
  • Flexible hours and arrangements, for a work-life balance that works for you.
  • 50% discount for employee childcare fee
  • Awesome discounts on Y services and products
  • Wellbeing Days in addition to annual leave entitlements
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for ongoing wellbeing support

 

 

Support Services

Our Support Services Team is the glue that holds the Y NSW business lines together. Whether you have expertise in administration, marketing, IT, compliance, communications, HR or finance, in the Support Services Team, your contribution will truly make a difference to the lives of young people and their communities. As part of the Support Services Team, you’ll be working with a group of inclusive, passionate, and encouraging individuals with access to continuous development and growth opportunities. Here at the Y NSW, we embrace diversity, encourage innovation and sharing of ideas so you can truly own your role and take your career anywhere. If you want to use your corporate skills to make a difference to the lives of young people and their communities within a supportive and values-driven organisation, join the Y family and find your forever role.

 

 

Who What Y?

 

The Y NSW is a profit-for-purpose organisation focused on healthy living, social impact and empowering young people. We operate 24 recreation centres, 53 out-of-school-hours care services, and two camping locations which employ 1,500 staff across NSW –  and fund our diverse range of enriching community programs.

 

We believe in building a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage people of all genders, ages, religions, disability, sexual orientation, family and caring responsibilities and cultures, including people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, to apply.

 

Commitment to Safeguarding


 
At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we embed Safeguarding into everything that we do to make sure Children and Young People are kept at the front of our minds in all our programs and services. We also ensure that all our candidates are appropriately screened to make sure that the right people are in the right roles to keep our children and young people safe. 

To learn more about our Commitment to Safeguarding Statement and our screening processes, click here.