This week is Global Intergenerational Week and together we’re celebrating the power of connection.
Early Learning Careers
Bring your passion to work
What makes our early learning centres different? For us, it’s our educators.
Rewarding careers are about doing something you love, where you can make a real difference in a child’s life. When you join MercyCare Early Learning you join a team where individual strengths are celebrated, colleagues become family and a place where you can learn and grow. We value teamwork, compassionate people, professional growth and learning, having fun and supporting each other.
At MercyCare Early Learning, we celebrate you, all your strengths and skills. We want you to bring your talents and passions to our centres. With our unique philosophy of care and special programs – from our Eco Warriors to MiniChef champions, cultural celebrations to our reconciliation journey – we want you to share your passions with the next generation.
Meaningful and rewarding Early Learning Careers
What you do each day matters. It can make a real impact on a child, a family or a colleague. For a child you can spark an imagination, ignite a passion for learning, build confidence and nurture an environment where a child can belong.
As one of the largest Western Australian not-for-profit providers of early learning services, at MercyCare we believe every child is a unique little person. We know one size certainly does not fit all, that early learning is about bringing out the special qualities and strengths that makes a child individual.
We are an organisation where our values matter. They drive our decisions and are central to the inclusive culture at our centres. We invite you to be part of our values-driven team of compassionate and experienced educators.
Perks of working at MercyCare Early Learning
More in your back pocket
Time for you
Learn and advance
Feel valued
Our staff are family
What truly makes the difference at an early learning centre? For us, it’s our early learning educators and staff. Experienced, compassionate and professional, it’s our people that make our centres what they are.
Our educators care deeply; listen to what truly matters to our families and their community; and are passionate about providing opportunities for each child to learn, discover, develop and belong.
We want you to meet just a few that embody what we stand for.
Trainee Superstars
Ashlee Eardley is one of many brilliant educators seizing the opportunity under MercyCare’s paid Traineeship program to complete her Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.
“Since my very first day, all the early learning staff members were warm and welcoming to me, always happy, polite and positive. As a trainee I am always asking questions and they are always willing to guide me in the right direction. MercyCare has been great with flexible working hours and I’ve loved being part of such an amazing team,” Ashlee said.
In 2020/21 year MercyCare Early Learning employed 19 new trainees across all our Early Learning Centres, giving opportunity for diverse staff to enter the child care sector and enrich our centres with diverse cultures, life experience and much more.
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Grow your career
Confidence in her talents and support by her managers enabled MercyCare Early Childhood Educator Courtney Barnard to believe in herself, setting her on the fast-track from assistant educator to the newly created role of Mission and Quality Project Lead across MercyCare’s 14 centres by the age of 26.
“I didn’t see my own potential but MercyCare and the staff around me encouraged me to apply and gave me the support I needed,” Courtney said.
“We’re all a family — our managers, our educators, we all support each other. We’re about lifting people up, whether it’s our families or in our communities.”
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Diversity is our strength
Sangeeta Khadwal loves that in her role as Assistant Educator she is able to share her culture with the children and her colleagues.
Experienced
Not many early childhood educators can say they’ve worked at the same centre for 35 years, let alone have the privilege of caring for two generations of the same family.
But MercyCare’s longest-serving early learning educator Anna just happens to be the exception. Anna is one of many educators who have been working with MercyCare for more than 10 years.
It is the longevity and experience of educators like Anna that is part of what draws generations of the same families to return to the centre.
The Learning Journey
Early Childhood Teacher Jasmine is a big believer in fostering a child’s imagination through play-based learning.
Whether it’s engaging children in role-play or encouraging them to participate in an interactive educational experience, Jasmine is passionate about creating a fun learning environment that reflects their individual interests, strengths and needs.
Jasmine ensures she looks at the whole child, including their physical, social, cognitive, language and wellbeing. She is also passionate about preparing older children for school, helping children develop self-regulation, build on their social confidence, independence and emotional resilience while learning literacy and numeracy.
Partners in play
For educator Stacy Hasluck, the key to engaging children in play is to be spontaneous.
Taking cues from the children’s interactions and using their interests, Stacy is often seen getting amongst the action, whether it’s extending on their learning via their imaginations or instigating a fun, hands-on activity. Stacey collaborates with children and creates a fun and safe space where they can all learn together.
By building relationships with the children and families, Stacy is guided by the child’s interests in finding stimulating ways to engage them in learning through play.
Stories
UV and Me – Staying SunSmart
With the onset of slightly cooler weather, it’s likely we will all emerge from hiding in the air conditioning to enjoy our beautiful outdoor areas.
Feedback QR Codes coming to all centres
In October 2023, MercyCare Early Learning Services sent out a parent and guardian feedback survey.
