Our Staff

Jennifer and her Staff
 

 

INFORMATION ON OUR STAFF TEAM OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS

“Our staff team are chosen for their true love, dedication and passion to working with children to not just care but educate the precious little ones entrusted into our care.”

We are particularly proud of our staff team at Kids College. We consider great people our biggest asset and greatest advantage. Our staff team are extremely carefully chosen and are constantly encouraged to be the very best they can be. We go above and beyond the normal ratios and qualifications requirements. We have a room head teacher for each age group (with some age groups having two group leaders to help ease the work load and create a better quality care for children) and fantastic quality assistants in each room. We do have a number of positions that allow us access to only the staff we know and love very well to take over shifts in cases where staff members fall ill or are on leave. This ensures we have adequate staffing numbers all the time and at no time do we have strangers in our centre. All staff here are part of the Kids College team and are trained and inducted in Kids College procedures and Policies. We believe this enhances the continuity of care for the children to be looked after by someone who knows them and the centre very well. It also reassures our parents we are doing the best by their children and continuing their learning every day. Parents also need to build a bond with the educators who look after their children and build that trust needed to leave your child with someone they feel comfortable with. It is worth the extra time, money and effort to create the best quality staff team for our precious Kids College families and children.

Our staff team are chosen carefully and all have their, working with children checks, national police clearance, medical certificate and immunisation records. We do regular training in Child development, Asthma first aid, Anaphylaxis first aid, Child Protection, Occupational health and safety, Food safety and many more. All our staff are encouraged to have their Senior First Aid certificates. Our room heads have either a Bachelor of Teaching degree, Diploma in Children’s Services (Child care) or Advanced Diploma in Children’s Services (Child care). Qualifications are essential to some positions but it is the innate character of every staff member that makes them a valuable asset to Kids College team. Educators, co-ordinators and staff members work collaboratively and affirm, challenge, support and learn from each other to further develop their skills, to improve practice and relationships.

Our family ownership and management structure ensure management is particularity strong. As owner operators who are actively involved in running our service we are very organised. There is a strong bond between the staff and the management team and as such things run smoothly and everyone feels valued and appreciated. We ensure professional standards guide our practice, interactions and relationships. Our staff team are chosen for their true love, dedication and passion to working with children to not just care but educate the precious little ones entrusted into our care.

Staff Qualifications

  • All Senior First aid
  • All Asthma management training
  • All Anaphylaxis management Training
  • All Makaton sign language
  • All Fire safety training
  • All Food safety trained
  • All Child Protection training
  • All Occupational Health and Safety training
  • All Staying Healthy in Childcare
  • All National police clearance
  • All Working with children check
  • All Medical clearance
  • All Immunisations clearance
  • AND MOST OF ALL A TRUE LOVE AND PASSION FOR WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN ENTRUSTED INTO OUR CARE
Jennifer Scafidas

Jennifer Scafidas

Manager, Educational Leader and Nominated Supervisory Officer.

We opened our centre in 2010. I am constantly reading and studying and always have some study on the go. I have qualifications in South Africa and in Australia in Business, Psychology, Teaching and Childcare. I also have a TAE, Advanced Diploma in Children’s Services, Advanced First Aid certificate, Bronze medallion life saving certificate, Ngala Sleep management certificate, Parental Guidance recommended Cancer council healthy eating certificate, Baby Massage instructors certificate, 123 Magic and Emotion coaching practitioner certificate and I am a registered CPR trainer. I have two darling daughters at home and two fluffy doggy daughters too. I am so proud to be entrusted with the care and education of your precious little ones. Not many people are fortunate enough to have their dreams come true but I am very pleased my dreams have come true and I am able to welcome your family into the Kids College family.

Staff Overview

We aim to have the very best quality people at Kids College. We go above and beyond the normal ratios and qualifications requirements. We have a room head teacher for each age group (with some age groups having two group leaders to help ease the work load and create a better quality care for children) and fantastic quality assistants in each room. We do have a number of positions that allow us access to only the staff we know and love very well to take over shifts in cases where staff members fall ill or are on leave. This ensures we have adequate staffing numbers all the time and at no time do we have strangers in our centre. All staff here are part of the Kids College team and are trained and inducted in Kids College procedures and Policies. We believe this enhances the continuity of care for the children to be looked after by someone who knows them and the centre very well. It also reassures our parents we are doing the best by their children and continuing their learning every day. Parents also need to recognise the educators who look after their children and build that trust needed to leave your child with someone they feel comfortable with. It is worth the extra time, money and effort to create the best quality staff team.

Our staff are chosen carefully and all have their, working with children checks, national police clearance, medical certificate and immunisation records. We do regular training in Child development, Asthma first aid, Anaphylaxis first aid, Child Protection, Occupational health and safety, Food safety and manymore. All our staff team have their Senior First Aid certificates. Our room heads have either a Bachelor of Teaching degree, Diploma in Children’s Services (Child care) or Advanced Diploma in Children’s Services (Child care). Qualifications are essential to some positions but it is the innate character of every staff member that makes them a valuable asset to Kids College team. Educators, co-ordinators and staff members work collaboratively and affirm, challenge, support and learn from each other to further develop their skills, to improve practice and relationships.

We hold monthly staff meeting which focus heavily on collaboration and teamwork. We have a continuous review system which would looks at issues such as program quality, environment design, equity and children’s wellbeing. There is a strong commitment to continuous learning, not just signing up trainees but actually fostering an environment where learning takes place through various avenues every day. At each staff meeting we go over different NQS area’s and principles and ensure a valuable training if conducted every time. Staff here are keen to take on new challenges and different forms of training formally and informally by reading and constantly reviewing their knowledge.

We look after our team very well. We go above and beyond to create a happy harmonious workplace where everyone feels valued. We regularly treat the girls to dinners and outings, we even loved our paintball day. Interactions convey mutual respect, equity and recognition of each other’s strengths and skills. We are very proud of our hardworking team who are so dedicated to the children entrusted to us.