The Cairns TAFE Community Child Care Centre Team

We recognise educators as our greatest asset. We employ educators with a range of qualifications, skills and experience. We make every effort to recruit and retain the best possible early childhood educators to care for and educate your child. We have thorough recruitment procedures to ensure all educators have the appropriate skills and experience for the position they hold.

Educators are provided with training opportunities throughout their employment to enhance their skills and keep up to date with current knowledge of best practice in early childhood.

We carry out regular educator appraisals to gain an understanding of the skills, knowledge and attitude of individual educators. We aim to support the professional development of each educator and create opportunities for them to develop their proficiency.

Our team of educators work in partnership with families to provide a service that meets the needs of the children, parents and the teaching team. Children learn from educator behaviour and consequently educators are expected to be positive role models. Educators model a variety of behaviours including communication skills, acceptance of health and hygiene practices and other appropriate behaviours.

At our centre educators are nurtured and their skills are challenged. We respect the educator’s initiative, innovation and attention to quality, as well as their commitment to the children and their families.

Working with Children Checks

We carry out reference checks on all educators employed at the centre to gain an understanding of the competence, reliability and attitude of the candidates. To comply with the Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 and the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998, a Working with Children Blue card check is done on all full, part-time and casual employees as well as ongoing visitors who will be working with the children.