Looking for a Career in Early Childhood Education?

Work Experience for High School students

If you are still at school and would like work experience, please send an email to tmanini@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au setting out your required placement dates and any centre preferences.

Your request will be assessed, and approval will be granted or denied depending on availability. If your requested dates are unavailable, alternate dates or service locations may be suggested.

If accepted, you will need to email the following documents to tmanini@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au before your commencement date:

• Insurance coverage from your school 
• A completed Fairfield City Council Risk Form(DOC, 359KB)

Work Placement for TAFE and University Students

If you are at University or TAFE and would like a placement, please send an email to tmanini@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au setting out your required placement dates and any centre preferences.

We have limited spots available. It is our policy to only have one student in the room at any one time. If your requested dates are unavailable, we will suggest alternative dates or service locations.

If accepted, you will need to email the following documents to tmanini@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au before your commencement date:

• Insurance coverage from your educational institution
• A completed Fairfield City Council Risk Form(DOC, 359KB)
• A copy of your RMS Working with Children Check
• One hundred points of ID such as drivers' licence, passport, birth certificate, Medicare card (2 documents)
• Signed FCC Verification Form(DOC, 156KB) 

If you have multiple students who require placement, please send an email to tmanini@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au.

Please include a list of your student names, placement date preference and any centre preferences.

We have limited spots available. It is our policy to only have one student in the room at any one time. If your requested dates are unavailable, we will suggest alternative dates or service locations.

If accepted, you will need to email the following documents to tmanini@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au before your commencement date:

• Insurance coverage from your educational institution
• A completed Fairfield City Council Risk Form(DOC, 359KB)
• A copy of your student's RMS Working with Children Check
• One hundred points of ID such as drivers' licence, passport, birth certificate, Medicare card (2 documents)
• Signed FCC Verification Form(DOC, 156KB)  

When all, forms are received, you will receive an email confirming your student's placement.  You will be given the contact details of the Centre Director. Please ask students to make contact with their Centre Director before their commencement date.

Expressions of Interest at Fairfield City Council Children & Family Services we warmly welcome expression of interest (EOI) applications from professionals who are interested in joining our passionate team of speech pathologists, occupation therapists and specialist teachers.

The Children and Family Services therapy team works closely with families, providing services to children based on personal assessment to identify specific needs. With a strong emphasis on play based intervention, our therapists and each family develop individual goals for each child, ensuing these are aligned with evidence-based practice.

Our speech pathology team strongly work towards providing opportunities for early childhood and school aged children including parent training, speech and language intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device systems, social skills development and stuttering intervention.

Our occupational therapy team enthusiastically ensure children develop their socialising and self – care tasks. Our occupational therapists provide various support services including sensory processing, motor skills development, attention and concentrating, executive functioning, fussy eating and self – care (including feeding, dressing and toileting).

The Children and Family Services therapist team also includes specialist teachers. Our early childhood intervention specialist teachers play an important role in supporting children with global developmental delay and autism to develop the skills they will need to be included in an early learning centre (preschool or long day care) and to have a successful transition to primary school. Our specialist teachers work with families and other educational settings to identify support strategies and goals based on a child’s development needs and the family priorities. The specialist teachers will work closely with a variety of other professionals including occupational therapists, speech pathologists, physiotherapists, early childhood and primary school teachers and psychologists.

If you would like to be a part of the Children & Family Service therapist team, we encourage you to send your expressions of interest to cfs@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au

Find out more

Family Day Care is a service run by Best Start Education & Care where children are cared for by an early childhood education and care professional, operating from their own home.

For more information on how you can become a Family Day Care educator, working from your own home, please visit the Family Day Care section of our website:

Become a Family Day Care Educator

Fairfield City Council Children Services has an exciting opportunity to work with experienced professionals within the Early Childhood industry while gaining a Certificate III in Children’s Services through TAFE NSW. This is a fantastic experience to get paid to work and study whilst working towards a qualification.

If you are interested in applying for a Traineeship, please email your resume to BestStart Education & Care at cfs@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au. For enquiries please call: 9725 0393.

Fairfield City Council has a fantastic opportunity for you to work with experienced professionals while gaining or increasing or developing your qualification as an Early Childhood Educator. The role is for a period of up to 24 months which will combine work and training opportunities to gain a Diploma or Certificate III in Children’s Services through TAFE NSW. In order to be eligible for a Diploma Traineeship position you must already have been successful in completing a Certificate III in Education and Care Services.

If you are interested in applying for a Traineeship, please email your resume to BestStart Education & Care cfs@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au. For enquiries please call: 9725 0393.