Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Educator | Gold Coast Region

At School Plus, our Gold Coast educators have a dedicated home base service — a core team where you'll build real relationships with children, families and colleagues — plus the opportunity to support other services across the region when needed. It's a setup that suits people who thrive on connection and variety.

About the role

You'll work with school-aged children (5–12 years) in Before and After School Care, and occasionally Vacation Care, within a dedicated home base service in the Gold Coast - giving you the chance to build genuine, lasting relationships with children, families and your team, with the flexibility to support other services across the region when needed.

Day to day, you'll:

• Uphold child safety and wellbeing as your first priority in every interaction, in line with our Child Safe Standards and National Quality Framework (NQF) obligations
• Maintain safe supervision and correct educator-to-child ratios at all times
• Build trusted relationships with children, supporting their confidence, independence and sense of belonging
• Collaborate with your team on programming and planning engaging, age-appropriate activities
• Communicate professionally with families, maintaining confidentiality and a duty of care
• Complete mandatory child protection and safeguarding training, and report any concerns promptly through correct procedures

What we offer

• Permanent part-time or casual roles — you choose what suits your life
• A dedicated home base service where you're a genuine part of the team
• Flexible shifts around study, family or other commitments
• Structured professional development and career pathways — many of our service leaders started in this exact role
• Staff discounts if your own children attend one of our services
• Supportive, safety-first leadership invested in your growth

About you

• Completed or currently studying towards a Certificate III or Diploma in School Age Education and Care, Early Childhood Education and Care, or a related qualification (preferred)
• A current Blue Card (Working with Children Check)
• Experience working with school-aged children (5–12 years) in an OSHC, education, childcare, camp, sports coaching or similar setting (desirable)
• Current First Aid, CPR and Anaphylaxis/Asthma training
• A genuine, demonstrated commitment to child safety and wellbeing
• A valid driver's licence and reliable transport (highly desirable)

Currently studying towards your qualification? We'd love to hear from you.

We are a Child Safe organisation. Safeguarding children and young people is at the heart of everything we do, guided by our G.R.O.W. values — Grounded, Relationships, Ownership and Wonder.

All successful applicants must complete Blue Card verification, reference checks and a National Criminal History Check as a condition of employment.

Ready to apply? Tell us why child safety and connection with children matter to you — we'd love to hear your story.