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Q: Can A Cert 3 Open and Close With Someone Who Is Working Towards Their Qualification

Category: Workplace & Employment

People really underestimate how strict opening and closing rules are in childcare. One staffing mistake and suddenly licensing is breathing down everybody’s neck lol. Not something worth win...

Q: Can I, As an Educator, Refuse to Work Alone?

Category: Workplace & Employment

Working alone with aggressive behaviours or zero support is how people end up quitting childcare completely. If staff feel unsafe they absolutely should speak up instead of pretending everyt...

Reporting a centre

Category: Experiences & Advice

Yeah the silence after reporting something is the worst part 😩 you start wondering if anyone even read it. A friend of mine waited almost 2 months before anything showed publicly on the com...

End‑of‑Year Gifts: A Kind Gesture or Unnecessary Pressure?

Category: Workplace & Employment

Tbh gifts stopped feeling “optional” in a lotta centres years ago lol. Some parents feel awkward if they bring nothing and some educators feel weird accepting expensive stuff. Handmade cards...

Managing Frequent Sick Leave In ECE

Category: Workplace & Employment

Yeah compassion matters but ngl one person constantly calling out sick can burn out an entire room in childcare. Everybody ends up covering ratios and skipping breaks till they snap too. Tou...

How to File an Unfair Dismissal Claim in Australia

Category: Workplace & Employment

Most people mess up unfair dismissal claims because they wait too long thinking HR will magically fix it lol. That 21 day deadline comes fast as hell in Australia, gotta move quick and keep...

Ideas what to buy for my kids this Christmas

Category: Open Discussions

Last Christmas, I got my niece a big LEGO set and my nephew a remote-controlled car, and they both loved them. This year, I’m thinking of getting something a bit more interactive, like a DIY...

Working towards qualification

Category: Workplace & Employment

I get how that feels—it’s tough balancing work and study, especially when you're already qualified. I’ve been in a similar spot before with self-paced courses, and in my experience, reaching...

Outsourcing An Independent OOSH Service

Category: Workplace & Employment

It’s worth it!

Cert 3 in School Based Education Support as an OOSH educator

Category: Workplace & Employment

From my experience, completing a cert definitely helped with pay rate, especially if it’s recognized under the NQF. You might not see a huge jump, but it could bump you up a bit. I’d recomme...