Family Daycare Team Leader

Permanent full-time position commencing January 2025

Our vision is that ‘Every child reaches their highest potential’

If your passion is for early education and care, and our pedagogical vision resonates with yours, we welcome you to join Fairfield City Best Start Education & Care on the journey to enhancing children’s lives and work in a team who are leading by delivering best practice in the Early Education and Care Sector.

Find a sense of fulfilment and enjoy being challenged to grow within your career through professional development and inspirational team environments. 

Fairfield City Council manages a variety of children and family services, including long day care, preschool, family day care, supported playgroups, early intervention services and family support services. Strong networking opportunities and support exists for educators who work within our services, as do internal opportunities for skills development and career progression across service types. The Fairfield City Best Start Education & Care Unit is strongly committed to providing opportunities for professional development, including a leadership program for emerging directors, study support, including study leave and reimbursement secondments across the services. Comprehensive training plans to suit individuals are also available and consistent support from the Management Team.

Fairfield City Council seeks to employ a Family Day Care Team Leader who has a passion for working with children and their families from diverse cultures and backgrounds and who enjoy being challenged and supported through professional development and team environments.

This position manages the day to day running of the Family Day Care Scheme and is responsible for ensuring that the service provides high quality care for the children and families that utilize the service

The Team Leader Family Day Care leads a diverse team and also provides support, supervision and professional development to the staff that work at the Scheme, in addition to overseeing a number of contract educators that provide home based care (maximum of sixty Educators)

They assist staff in ensuring the home based educators are providing a professional and developmentally sound environment that is safe, nurturing, culturally relevant and meets the social, emotional, physical, sensory, creative, intellectual and language development needs of the children through the provision of a written program that is evaluated regularly whilst following the Education and Care regulations

The position also involves keeping written records on the children, families and the home based educators, regular liaisons with families and the community, organising regular meeting with staff and other administrative tasks plus representing the Scheme at regional and state meetings

The Team Leader Family Day Care is required to ensure the service is meeting relevant Regulation, Legislations and Quality Assurance guidelines as well as regular recruitment of home based educators

ESSENTIAL:

• Recognised university qualification in Early Childhood Education as approved by ACECQA
• Working with Children Check
• Approved Anaphylaxis Management Training
• Approved Emergency Asthma Management Training
• Driver's License
• Ability to fulfill the criteria requirements of Nominated Supervisor as per the Education and Care Regulations 2011
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Demonstrated Experience in:
  • a management position in a child care service (0-12 years)
  • the implementation of culturally diverse service
  • change management
  • budget processing and monitoring
  • motivating and mentoring staff
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills, including conflict   resolution
• Demonstrated knowledge of licensing and funding.

DESIRABLE:

• Diploma in Frontline Management or other related management course
• Extensive experience in Early Childhood Education
• Previous Family Day Care experience, including a working knowledge of Harmony software.
• Previous experience in Local Government Management role

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INCLUDE;

• Job security and stability
• Leave entitlements, including annual, 2 Health & Wellbeing Days annually, personal and parental leave (where applicable)
• Accumulative sick leave (15 days per year)
• Access to Council’s Employee Assistance Program
• Excellent Career Progression Opportunities
• Ongoing support, advice and information on the sector and curriculum
• Salary package depending on applicant’s qualification and experience with income progression as part of the annual appraisal processes
• Discounted access to Council’s Leisure Centres
• Strong professional development culture, dedicated focus on your personal and professional development,
• Generous budgets for resources and PD
• Recognition and incentive programs for exceeding performance
• Paid First Aid & CPR refresher courses
• Paid Working with children check
• Professional development tailored to you, including coaching and mentoring online and face to face and additional training
• Unique accessibility to speech pathologists and Occupational therapists – We are an NDIS  provider
• Management structure, a strong focus on the provision of quality education for children

SALARY & EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:

• Permanent full-time position, 35 hours per week
• This position is a Grade 6, salary range is $92,545p.a. with progression to $102,152p.a. on demonstrated competencies, with performance progression to $108,404p.a.
• A uniform is provided

 FURTHER CONTACTS:

Enquiries regarding the position should be directed to Sherean Michael on 9725 0866.

CLOSING DATE: 

Sunday 13 October 2024, 11.59pm.

HOW TO APPLY:

  Applications must address the knowledge, skills, qualifications and experience required in the Position Description. A position description is available from the contact person listed above, or from Council’s Website. To apply online visit Council’s website www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/fccjobs. Applications should be addressed to the undersigned and received by the closing date. Applicants must be prepared to undergo a medical examination at Council's expense.

Fairfield City Council is a smoke-free workplace and is an EEO employer. As an inclusive workplace, we support reasonable workplace adjustment. If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please notify us on your application form.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia, and may be required to undertake a national police clearance as part of the recruitment process.