Children and Families

For Educators

As a self-employed Educator, you can choose the hours and days you wish to work and the age group of the children you wish to care for.
Earn an income by caring for children in your home. Communities@Work Family Day Care Scheme provides the opportunity to start up your own home-based child care service and gain valuable small business skills.
You’ll have the support of one of Australia’s largest community-based family day care networks, and Communities@Work Support Managers will assist you in delivering the highest standards in child care.

An Educators income will depend on the number of children they have in care and their hours/days of care, while meeting license requirements. An Educator can also set their on fees.

Educators approved by Communities@Work are self-employed and run their own business from home.

The support by the team in the Coordination Unit ensures that carers are resourced, trained and up-to-date with current child care practices.
Educators have access to scheme playgroups, a toy and puzzle library, some equipment (for short term loan) and In-service training.
Educators also have access to a National Insurance Plan through Family Day Care Australia website.

The coordination unit manages and supports the provision of quality child care by:

assisting families to access child care and providing on-going advice, information and support to families
recruiting, training and providing on-going support to Educators
encouraging communication between Scheme staff, families and Educators
keeping up to date with current practice and directions in child care, and
administering Scheme policies and procedures and Australian and ACT government requirements.

Approved Educator in the programme are required to;