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Join us as a Barnardos Home Based Educator
Whether you are new to Home Based education or already caring for tamariki, we will help you build a rewarding business from home with real professional backing.
You will receive a $3,500 welcome bonus*, along with dedicated support with admin, invoicing, and marketing, help finding children, and support with excursions and playgroups. With dedicated Visiting Teachers, funded training, and ongoing guidance, you can focus on nurturing tamariki while we support your business to grow.
Centre & Home Based options
At Barnardos Early Learning, we believe every tamaiti deserves a strong, safe, and supportive start in life. And every day, across our services throughout Aotearoa, we’re working to make that belief a reality.
We know early learning is more than just the first step in a child’s education. It lays the essential foundations for a child’s social, emotional, and lifelong wellbeing. The benefits of quality early learning are well known — tamariki gain confidence, build resilience, develop social skills, and are better prepared to succeed at school and in life. To give you choice, we provide both centre and home based options. Both provide quality early learning and care but within different environments to meet your needs.
The Barnardos Benefit
Our vision is to create an Aotearoa New Zealand where every child shines bright.
Your child, and their future, will benefit from our knowledge, understanding and experience gained from over 55 years of caring for tamariki in Aotearoa.
Refer a friend, unlock rewards
Do you know friends or whānau looking for an Early Learning Centre or Home Based early learning for their child? Refer them to Barnardos Early Learning and we’ll say ngā mihi with a $50 voucher. T&C's apply.
A nationwide network of support
From our 21 Early Learning Centres to over 100 Home Based educators, Barnardos Early Learning supports over 2,000 tamariki and their whānau across Aotearoa.
It’s a network grounded in care, connection, and the belief that all tamariki — no matter where they live or what their start in life looks like — should have the opportunity to thrive. Find a Barnardos Early Learning service near you.
Te Korowai Mokopuna
Te Korowai Mokopuna is a service at selected Barnardos Early Learning centres. It provides an on-site dedicated social worker and wraparound support for whānau, meeting immediate needs and offering early help in a trusted, familiar environment - without stigma or delay.
“The intention is that when we walk away from a family, we leave them safer, more confident as parents. That they know if they need to they can get help and they’ll be treated respectfully, that they are not a problem… Everything about Te Korowai Mokopua engagement is around them being the solution.”
— Barnardos social worker
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Kaiako expertise
Learning that’s personal, powerful and inclusive.
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Our incredible kaiako lead this work with care and commitment. They tailor learning experiences to each tamaiti strengths, interests, and needs — fostering belonging, wellbeing, and a love of learning.
What's been happening at Pakuranga
Discover the exciting learning experiences at Barnardos Pakuranga Early Learning Centre. From caring for Papatūānuku to volcanic experiments, imaginative play, and sensory activities, our tamariki explore, create, and grow every day.
Barnardos Early Learning
We're not for profit which means we're here for your child, whānau and community. All across Aotearoa.
Barnardos Aotearoa
For over 55 years, Barnardos Aotearoa has been working with tamariki and whānau to build nurturing relationships and resilient homes and communities.
