Newtown, Geelong | Casual | School Holidays | Flexible Working Hours
Are you passionate about working with children and creating fun, safe, and engaging environments where they can learn, grow, and thrive?
At The Y, every interaction helps strengthen our community. We're seeking enthusiastic and caring Vacation Care Educators who share our values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, and Safety and are committed to delivering exceptional School Holiday programs.
In this rewarding role, you'll help deliver exciting, play-based experiences that support children's wellbeing, development, and sense of belonging. Working alongside a supportive team, you'll contribute to creating positive memories while ensuring every child feels valued, supported, and safe.
If you're looking for meaningful work where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you.
As a Vacation Care Educator, you will:
We're looking for someone who:
To be eligible for this role, you must hold:
The Y is a global organisation that works locally to develop stronger communities through leadership opportunities partnering with other community, private and government organisations and addressing social change in over 120 countries worldwide. The Y Geelong is a for-purpose, not for profit community organisation celebrating 70 years of servicing the community across recreation, camping, youth, and children’s services.
Why Join The Y?
At the Y, we are committed to empowering all Children and Young People to feel safe and be safe, at the Y, in their families and in their communities. As such, we ensure that all of our candidates are appropriately screened (including police checks) to make sure that the right people are in the right roles. To learn more about our screening processes, click here to view our Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and to learn more about YMCA – Empowering young people and about our screening processes view Child Safety Resources: https://ymca.org.au/about-us/safeguarding-children-young-people/safeguardingresources/
YMCA Geelong Board and Management are committed to the safety and well-being of children and young people in accordance with our Child Safety and Wellbeing framework. All applicants must undergo satisfactory screening prior to commencement, including but not limited to:
The successfully appointed applicant will be required to adhere to the Child Safety and Well-being Policies and practices, which include: Child Safety and Well-being induction, annual SCYP training programs & committing to upholding the safety and well-being of children and young people throughout terms of employment.
Apply today and help create safe, inclusive, and memorable school holiday experiences that make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
