MercyCare’s Early Learning Services were recognised for their success and innovation at the Early Childhood Learning & Development Conference (ECLD) 2025 last week.
Choose a Career that Makes a Difference
Traineeship Opportunities
Become a trainee at MercyCare Early Learning
Do you want to earn money while studying for an exciting new career?
If you’re looking for a fulfilling career, take control of your future by applying for a traineeship in early education and childhood development, with MercyCare Early Learning.
A traineeship will prepare you for working with children up to the age of 5 years, and eligible candidates can train for free.
Trainees also:
- Earn a wage while they learn.
- Complete a Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and Care.
- Connect with other trainees and are supported by experienced educators.
- Have access to MercyCare’s great incentives, including salary packaging and five weeks leave.
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, and 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.
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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Earn a wage while you learn!
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.
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.
Compassionate
To staff, children and parents, educator Rita is fondly known as the centre’s doting ‘mother hen’.
It’s a badge she wears with pride — for Rita, there is nothing more valuable than instilling caring values of compassion, kindness and respect.
Rita strives to be a role model for the children under her care and treats each child like they were her own family.
Described as having a ‘heart of gold’, Rita goes above and beyond to make the children feel like they’re part of an extended family, driving home one of MercyCare’s core values of compassion.
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.
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