Little Wallabies Early Learning Centre Graduate Programs & Internships

The recruitment process is as follows:

• Application, please send in your resume and a cover letter detailing how you are best suited to the position available.
• Phone interview, we will give you a phone interview to have a chat and see what you are looking for in a position and what experience you have. Some questions you might be asked are:

1. What experience do you have with working with children?
2. Do you have a paid working with children check or are you willing to obtain it?
3. What is your behaviour management style?
4. How will you act in different circumstances e.g. children arguing over a toy?
5. What activity would you plan for a child aged 2.5years?
6. How do you work within a team environment?

• Face to face interview, you will be invited to meet with the centre Director where you will discuss the role available and how you think you will fit this position. You will then be taken on a tour of the centre and introduced to all other staff.
• Trial, you will be asked if you would like to come for a paid trial to see if this position suits you and your philosophy and for us to see if you fit in with our team
• Position Offered, we offer positions to educators who follow our philosophy that children learn through play and social interactions. As educators, it is our role to help guide and facilitate those interactions and follow on with children's interests building their knowledge. We like to promote the service as a home away from home for the children and have strong bonds with all children and families within the centre. Educators need to be happy and bubbly people willing to get messy and silly while engaging with the children. Employees need to be proactive and work together to ensure the health and wellbeing of all children.

All our educators are paid award rates when they start, employees who show good work ethic and work well with the team will receive pay rises above award rates.

Employees have a 3 month probation period which at completion they will have a meeting with management where they will discuss how the employee is going and what the service can do to help them meet any goals they have.

Employees have performance appraisals once a year where they meet with management and discuss how they are going if there is anything they need to work on and how the centre can help them to meet their goals with any professional development courses that they are interested in.