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Join our team of Home Based Educarers

If you love spending time with children, then this could be the opportunity for you. Work from the comfort of your own home and combine your love of caring for children in the nurturing environment of your own home while earning an income.

How do you become a Little Magpies Home Based Educarer?

We are looking for educarers who have a level 3 or higher qualification to join our small team. Alternatively, if you are not qualified but keen to join a small, supportive company to help you gain the level 4 qualification we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for people who naturally put children first, make learning fun, and provide a caring and calm environment where children can relax and grow.

If you choose to apply, we will meet with you and talk to you about what comes next. Our recruitment process includes home visits and full police checks of every adult in your household. That is just one of the ways we ensure our children are always safe with our Educarers.

We’ll give you the benefit of our experience

We know that caring for children comes naturally to you, but we are also keen to share our expertise. When you join the Little Magpies team you’ll get access to our support network which will help you deliver the standard of care that our families expect from Little Magpies.

Our Educarers form a community of their own and we like you to play an active role in it. Little Magpies Home Based Childcare includes access to playgroups, music groups and outings. We encourage you to buddy up with other Educarers and benefit from working and playing together.

We provide our Educarers:

• FREE Little Magpies weekly playgroups and music groups, outings in the community e.g Parks, walks, Art Deco, cultural areas of significance
• FREE Professional development courses throughout the year
• Discounted Aquarium and Toy Library passes
• FREE First Aid course
• Relief care by our Visiting Teachers
• Magpie Days – 5 per year – time off for you, at your full pay
• FREE online resource for documenting children’s learning
• FREE profile books for documenting children’s learning and for children to revisit their learning.

Our recruitment process includes matching you with the family of the children you care for. Building the right connections is an important part of reassuring parents that their children are in safe hands. We will chat to you about your interests and what’s important to you. That will help us to place children with you who have families like your own.

Our Home Based Educarers are in high demand, but if we don’t have families looking for carers in your area we’ll help you to advertise. Our aim is to make it easy for you to become an Educarer with Little Magpies.

We would love to hear from you if you think Little Magpies could suit you.
Please feel welcome to ring, or drop a line to:
Annie Gower – Childcare Consultant
phone: 06 877 5261 or email: annie@littlemagpies.co.nz

Register your interest.