Become an outback educator

Are you passionate about children?

Do you love working with children? Are you enthusiastic with heaps of energy? If so, we need you!

If you love helping young children and families to get the best start in life, becoming a UnitingCare outback educator might be the perfect job for you. Ideally you’ll be passionate about the lifelong journey of learning, with a particular interest in early childhood education or care.

Our services play an important role in providing childcare and education to children in locations that don’t have access to mainstream childcare. Our teams are highly professional, well trained and qualified, and they find great reward in the job they do. They are skilled at overcoming the challenges we face working in remote or rural Queensland, and they have a clear understanding and appreciation of the unique needs of our customers.

We have key services that need early childhood educators:

Remote Family Care Service

Our unique Remote Family Care Service provides short-term early learning programs for children aged up to five who, due to where they live, cannot access mainstream early childcare services. It is delivered across regional, rural and remote Queensland. Educators are required to travel extensively so we are seeking expressions of interest from highly motivated people who are flexible and able to cope with rural life.

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Remote Area Families Service

Our Remote Area Families Service (RAFS) is a unique, mobile, early learning program for children aged five and under in outback Queensland who cannot access mainstream childcare. Educators deliver a range of developmentally appropriate activities to children from bases in Charleville, Mackay, Longreach, Mt Isa and Mareeba. Educators are required to travel extensively so we are seeking expressions of interest from highly motivated people who are flexible and able to cope with rural life.

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You can learn more, or enquire about becoming an educator with our amazing programs, by visiting our Home-based care and education page.