Become An Educator
A flexible and rewarding career at home!
Combine your passion for children with the opportunity to create a financially rewarding and professional home based career as an Early Childhood Educator. We recommend that you read the following details, but if you wish, you may skip directly to the expression of interest form at the bottom of this page.
With a commitment to training and professional development, family day care can offer you the opportunity to start a rewarding new career with the flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of your own family.
If you are an early childhood professional working in a centre based environment, you may enjoy the freedom, flexibility and significant financial growth offered by family day care.
Becoming a Family Day Care educator
Being a Family Day Care Educator is one of the most rewarding careers you can have. Your love for children will be coupled with your teaching, leading and inspiring spirit in a business that is your own.
As an educator you are entirely flexible to choose which days/hours suit you. You are in control of your business operations while you look after your own family needs under the complete support of our Coordination Unit.
What experience or qualifications do I need to become an educator?
Experience working in education and care is not essential. Anyone can become an educator with the right training and qualifications!
You may have other skills and expertise which would support your work as an educator, however, we are also here to help you with your professional development and assist you with training to help you understand and apply the theories of childhood development and children’s learning throughout your career.
As part of the National Quality Framework, the ‘Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations’ determine that FDC educators must have:
✅ A minimum approved qualification or be enrolled and actively working towards the Certificate III in Education and Care.
✅ A First Aid Certificate which includes training on Anaphylaxis and Asthma management and CPR.
✅ A Working with Children Check for yourself and any person over the age of 18 years who resides at your home.
While the above are basic requirements, there are also additional requirements and expectations from educator candidates which are easy to meet under our professional guidance. We will elaborate on these during our face-to-face discussion.
Family Day Care – a growing profession
Family day care in Australia has been in operation for 40 years. The demand for family day care service had been growing by leaps and bounds and it is on a constant rise. With family day care’s inclusion under the National Quality Framework and a growing awareness of the many unique benefits of the service, family day care is fast becoming the option of choice in early childhood education and care.
What to do next?
If you are considering to take family day care as a career path join, the Artarmon Family Day Care Service and send us your expression of interest by filling out the expression of interest form below. You will then receive a comprehensive information package including an application form.
