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Leading Companies and employment

Child care coordinators can find employment with any child care centre or service. You have the choice to work in a private, government or community-based child care centre, kindergarten or crèche. Note different states require different qualifications to work as a Child Care Coordinator. Many families now have both parents working and mothers generally return to work earlier. These issues combined with increasing government grants and subsidies and a general trend towards using child care for short term assistance means the demand for child care centres will continue to rise. As a result the demand for qualified child care coordinators will also rise and you should enjoy good employment opportunities.  

Environment & Culture

Being based in a child care centre your work is physically and mentally demanding. You not only have the responsibility of managerial work on your shoulders, but also the care, safety and wellbeing of the child. You will be busy, and often stretched thin, handling numerous issues both important and unimportant simultaneously. You will be surrounded by noise, laughter, playful children and crying babies that require lifting and comforting. Your health is sometimes compromised catching whatever virus may be introduced to the centre by the children.