At C&K;, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow.

Help Shape Futures at our C&K; centres

As one of our highly valued Relief employees at C&K;, you’ll work alongside our permanent team to create a protected, supportive and engaging play-based learning workplace for children, their families and our wider community. You will be playing a crucial role in our centres by covering leave periods, programming, extended leave and lunch breaks and will use your skills, ideas and passion for education to help shape the future of children in our care.

- Flexible hours and days, you control your availability

- Work across childcare centres and kindergartens to gain experience across a variety of early childhood learning settings.

- Educator/Inclusion Support Assistant: $36.85278 - $45.9862 per hour

- Lead Educator: $50.18 per hour

- Early Childhood Teacher shifts: $64.28 - $73.26 per hour

“This is what I enjoy about working with C&K; the staff truly embody the company’s purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed in an ever-changing world.” - Mackenzee Nicolson – Assistant Educator, Gumdale C&K;

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

Every C&K; career helps children belong and grow. We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.

- Competitive pay based on role and qualifications.





- Access a nationally recognised qualification in the high-demand field of early childhood education and care with subsidised training for eligible students through the C&K; College.

- Access to scholarships from $3000 to $35000 for eligible students under the Qualifications Pathway Program.

- Grow your career with permanent employment opportunities at C&K.;

- Plus so much more.

What you’ll bring

If you’re committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!

We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:

- Hold, or a willingness to commence studying, either a certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care, Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care or Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood).

- Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate

- First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.

- Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.

- A Police Check current within three months (or willingness to obtain one).

You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join C&K;, you join a village of good-hearted, talented people, so you can lean on them as they lean on you.

Join us and find a better way with C&K; - for children, for you, for always.

C&K; is a child-safe organisation and all C&K; employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘Restricted Person’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.

We welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.

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