A rewarding career for passionate childcare professionals

For information on becoming an educator, you will need to request a Prospective Educator Information Kit. We also hold regular Information sessions – give us a call to register your interest for our next session.
You can contact our office to apply on 02 6686 7799, send an email to admin@fdcballinabyron.com.au or click here to download a form.

Certificate III in Children’s Services

There may be some costs involved in making your home safe, such as: safety glass, fencing, storage facilities, home maintenance, child safe locks and door barriers. You need to have current First Aid Certificate and Asthma & Anaphylaxis training. You will also need to get a Working with Children Check and Public Liability Insurance, as well as purchase educational toys and equipment, a computer and have an internet connection.

You will be running your own business and will be able to set your own fees. The amount you earn will depend on the days and hours you are willing to work.

To ensure Australian children get the best possible start in life, all Australian governments have agreed to implement the National Quality Framework (NQF) for Early Childhood Education and Care. The NQF sets consistent, high quality standards for Early Childhood Education and Care, and Outside School Hours Care services. It typically covers Long Day Care, Preschool, Outside School Hours and Family Day Care services across Australia. The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority or ACECQA guides the implementation of the National Quality Framework across Australia. For more information, click here.

A Family Day Care Educator must not educate and care for more than seven children at a Family Day Care residence, at any one time. There may be occasions when a dwelling could include two self-contained residences with an educator operating from each residence. In all cases, the approved
provider for the Family Day Care Service is responsible for assessing and determining the suitability of residences. If the provider assesses a dwelling as suitable for two educators, then a regulatory authority would expect to see two residences that are sufficiently self-contained, so that there is clear separation of responsibility for the education and care of children in each. For example, there should be separate indoor and outdoor facilities.

The First Aid and Asthma & Anaphylaxis Management training required must be updated at least every three years from the date of completion. The First Aid Certificate may specify additional requirements to keep it valid. For example, if your First Aid Certificate requires the CPR component to be completed every 12 months to keep it current, you will need to comply.