Family Daycare Team Leader

Applications closing on 13 October 2024, 11 : 55 PM

• Reference number2024.120
• Job TypeFull Time
• PackageThis position is a Grade 6, salary range is $92,545p.a.
• 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

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