Early Childhood Assistant - SDN Mosman
Job No:
SDN874
Location:
Mosman
About Us
SDN Children’s Services is a not-for profit organisation that has been providing quality early childhood education and care since 1905. We are proud of our long history of working with children and their families, working with communities, and supporting the development of practitioners and children’s services. With around 700 staff across 36 sites in Sydney, regional NSW and the ACT, we have grown into one of Australia’s most respected children’s services organisations.
We provide the following services:
- high quality, inclusive early childhood education and care
- early childhood intervention for children with disabilities
- family support services
- resources and mentoring for practitioners and other agencies
- Aboriginal training and employment support.
About The Role.
As an Early Childhood Assistant you will bring your passion for working with children to our supportive team to provide quality education and care services. You will work with a team of dedicated educators to create a stimulating, positive and inclusive environment that reflects the Early Years Learning Framework whilst maintaining the elements of the National Quality Standards (NQS). You will assist in the observation and evaluation of children’s development to support their learning outcomes. You will also engage with families and the community.
We have two roles available working out of our Mosman centre:
1) Part time inclusion support contract starting asap till December 2017 working 3 days pw (Monday, Thursday & Friday)
2) Full time maternity leave cover role in the infants room, starting 13/3/17 (or thereabouts) till 17/4/18.
About The Centre
SDN Mosman has been part of the Mosman Community since 1944, and owns and runs a 43 place centre catering for children from 6 weeks to five years. The centre is located in a quiet street in Mosman, with off street parking and is very close to public transport. The centre is well resourced and has a large outdoor area with a riverbed, large trees and a herb garden.
About You
The right candidate for this role will have the following:
- A Certificate III in Children’s Services
- A Working with Children Check clearance number
- Experience in a similar role
- The ability to form warm, responsive relationships with children
- High level verbal and written communication skills
- Initiative and capacity to work with minimal supervision
- Demonstrate an awareness of and commitment to child safety and comply with the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998.
Our culture
SDN’s values and philosophy are at the heart of everything we do. If you share our values and believe that through working together we can make the world a better and more equitable place then we want to hear from you!
SDN Benefits Include:
- Positive welcoming culture
- Discounted child care fee
- Paid parental leave
- Finders fee - Referral Scheme
- Employee Assistant Program - Free, voluntary and confidential counselling service
- SDN Staff Giving Fund
- Purchased Leave
- Picnic Day - One extra paid leave for all permanent staff
To Apply complete the questions contained in the application below, click Apply & be sure to attach a resume.
Please note that SDN assesses all applications based on merit. Should a suitable candidate be identified, SDN reserves the right to close this recruitment process prior to the advertised date. Due to the volume of applications received, only those candidates deemed to be suitable will be offered an interview.
For further information please contact Loula Ogle on 02 9213 2510.
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SDN Children's Services welcomes and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
Successful applicants will be subject to relevant pre-employment checks including Working with Children Check (NSW) and National Police Check.