Early Childhood Educator - Blackburn
Make a real difference working within our Education Team as an Early Childhood Educator, partnering with leaders to support the teams who make a meaningful difference in the lives of people with vision and hearing loss.
Enjoy flexibility, two weeks of additional leave, and access to not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.
This is a Permanent Part-Time opportunity (22.8 hours per week) reporting directly to the Director Kindergarten Blackburn and will work onsite at our Blackburn Location.
About You:
- Certificate III and/or Diploma in Children's Services.
- Experience working with young children in a kindergarten or childcare setting.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team providing services to children and their families.
- Well-developed communication skills.
- Experience working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Knowledge of the Victorian Early Years Development Framework.
- A working knowledge of hearing aids, radio frequency units and speech processors.
- You are obliged to become familiar with, and comply with child protection policies and legislation, as amended from time to time.
- Valid Working With Children Check and National Criminal Record Check (or willingness to obtain).
Our Purpose and Ambition
NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.
NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We’re a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.
We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.
How to apply:
If this role sounds like you, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts.
If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Karin Port, Director Kindergarten Blackburn at [email protected] for a confidential chat.
NextSense is a child safe organisation, candidate compliance with child protection legislation is essential.
