Our Team
Our team
The people who look after your child matter more than anything else we can put on a website. We choose educators who want to be here, and we give them the training and the support to do the job properly.
Qualifications
Our team includes educators holding Certificate III and Diploma qualifications in early childhood education and care, and Early Childhood Teachers where the regulations require them. Some are working towards their qualification while they work, which is normal in this sector and means they are supervised accordingly.
We staff each room to the educator-to-child ratios set by the National Quality Framework, planned around the ages and attendance of the children booked in that day.
Safety, screening and child protection
Every educator holds a current Working With Children Check, and we verify qualifications and documents during recruitment, before anyone starts.
Educators complete training in child protection, first aid, CPR, asthma and anaphylaxis management. They work to our code of conduct, our child-safe practices, and our policies on behaviour guidance and appropriate interactions with children.
Training that continues
Training does not stop at induction. Educators keep up professional development across child safety, supervision, behaviour guidance, curriculum and programming, inclusion, health and safety, and children’s wellbeing and development.
A team you can feel confident about
We are family owned and run. Our owner has worked in childcare since 2005 and is a part time professor and assessor of Early Childhood Education at TAFE NSW, and that experience shapes how we recruit, train and support educators: every one of them qualified, screened, trained and supervised.
Our team is also stable. Eastwood Blessings has very low staff turnover, and as a boutique 21-place centre every educator knows every child. Children see the same familiar faces day after day, which is what helps them settle and grow.
Beyond the paperwork, we look for people who genuinely enjoy being with children. Children can tell the difference, and so can parents.
Common questions about our educators
What qualifications do your educators have?
Our team includes educators with Certificate III and Diploma qualifications in early childhood education and care, and Early Childhood Teachers where the regulations require them. Some are studying while they work, which is common in this sector, and they are supervised accordingly.
What checks do you run before someone starts?
Every educator holds a current Working With Children Check. We verify qualifications and documents as part of recruitment, before anyone works with children.
What training do educators do?
Child protection, first aid, CPR, asthma and anaphylaxis management, plus ongoing professional development across supervision, behaviour guidance, programming, inclusion, and children’s health and wellbeing.
What are your educator-to-child ratios?
We staff to the ratios set by the National Quality Framework, planned around the ages and attendance of the children booked in on the day. Ask us about your child’s age group and we will tell you exactly how that room is staffed.
Can I meet the educators before I enrol?
Yes, and we would rather you did. Book a tour through our contact page and you will meet the people who would be caring for your child.