Child care worker definition

Child care worker means a child care teacher or assistant child care teacher in a group child care center.
Child care worker means any person who is employed to work directly with children and any person who is an owner/operator of a child care facility, regardless of whether the facility is licensed by the Department. Child care facilities, for purposes of this definition, include child care institutions; child welfare agencies; day care/night care centers; day care/night care homes; day care/night care group day care homes; group homes; hospitals or health care facilities; schools, including school teachers and administrators, but not tenured school teachers or administrators who have other disciplinary processes available to them; and before and after school programs, recreational programs and summer camps. "Child care worker" also means persons employed as full-time nannies. A child care worker may, at his or her discretion, be subject to this Part if alleged to be responsible for child abuse or neglect outside of his or her employment. "Child care worker" includes a person: currently employed as a child care worker; currently enrolled in an academic program that leads to a position as a child care worker; or who has applied for a license required for a child care worker position. A person will be considered to be "employed as a child care worker" under this Part if, at the time of the notice of the investigation, he or she: has applied for, or will apply within 180 days for, a position as a child care worker; is enrolled in, or will commence within 180 days, an academic program that leads to a position as a child care worker; or has applied for a license as a child care worker.
Child care worker means a person employed as such who holds the Child Care Certificate, National Nursery Examination Board Certificate or other qualification in early child care or education which is agreed by the employer and the Union as being of equivalent standard.

Examples of Child care worker in a sentence

  • Valley View Secondary School, 1 year (partial), full Certificate 2 years Course RTO: Open Access College & Marden Senior College Child care worker | Home care provider Out-of-school hours worker | Nanny SACE CREDITS: Stage 2 up to 110 You will undertake competency based training on and off the job in: OHSW, White Card, Manual Handling, First Aid, levelling, trench calculations, drain cleaning, copper tube work and workshop practices for the plumbing trade.


More Definitions of Child care worker

Child care worker means a person employed by a child care administrative agency whose duties include determining or redetermining child care subsidy eligibility, authorizing child care funds, making child care payments to providers, or determining and processing the recoupment of child care parent and provider overpayments.
Child care worker means the worker designated by a local department of social services who provides case management services to applicants for and recipients of the Child Care Subsidy Program.
Child care worker means any staff of the facility whose primary responsibility is the direct care of children in the facility.
Child care worker means an employee whose work on an Agreement involves the care or supervision of children 12 years of age and under.
Child care worker means in a group child care center, a child care teacher or assistant child care teacher, or in a school-age program, a school-age program leader or school-age group leader.
Child care worker means an employee whose classification is defined by Bands 2 - 7 of this award.
Child care worker means any person who is employed to work directly with children and any person who is an owner/operator of a child care facility, regardless of whether the facility is licensed by the Department. "Child care worker" also means persons employed as full-time nannies. "Child care worker" also includes a person currently enrolled in an academic program that leads to a position as a child care worker; or who has applied for a license required for a child care worker position. A person will be considered to be a child care worker under this Part if, at the time of the notice of the investigation, he or she: