Cassie Hobbs
Founder/Director
The Inspire Early Years Management team
Our people.
Your childcare
management team.
Different strengths.
One very human purpose.
Meet the people behind Inspire — working alongside centre owners, leaders and educators, with children and families at the heart of what we do.
Meet the teamOur people.
Different strengths. One shared purpose.
Candice Geoghegan
Founder/Director
Rebecca Luttgens
Business Operations Co-Ordinator
Curtis Chan
Marketing Specialist
Leanne Brook
Centre Operations Leader
Kylie Clarke
Pedagogy and Practice Mentor
Joshiah George
People and Culture Leader
Beau Quarman
Marketing Assistant/Office Manager
Rachel Ashin
Centre Operations Leader
Kristen James
Centre Operations Leader
Ashleigh Hobbs
Compliance Officer
Michael Truscott
Head of Maintenance
Your people, backed by ours.
The thinking behind Inspire
Alongside you.
Not at a distance.
Inspire was founded by Cassie Hobbs and Candice Geoghegan. Your centre has its own history, priorities and way of doing things. Getting to know that context is part of the work.
Our approach brings us into conversation with owners, Centre Managers, educators and families. We visit services, work through challenges with centre leaders and pay attention to the people behind the paperwork. The aim is to understand your team before agreeing what support should look like.
Operations, compliance, educational practice, marketing, people and culture, and maintenance all influence daily centre life. Bringing those perspectives into the same conversation helps owners and leaders consider the whole service, rather than treating each challenge in isolation.
A question about enrolments may connect marketing with operational processes. A question about quality may connect documentation, leadership and educational practice. You do not need to diagnose the right service before speaking with us.
TrustRespectCollaboration
Request a discovery call Different disciplines. Connected support.
One centre.
Many perspectives.
Our published team roles reflect the range of work behind a well-supported early learning service.
Support for the people doing the work.
Centre operations, people and culture, and pedagogy roles connect the daily experience of leaders and educators with the wider management picture.
Educational program supportThe systems behind everyday care.
Business coordination, operational leadership and compliance roles bring attention to routines, documentation and practical improvement priorities.
Quality & complianceA centre families can connect with.
Marketing and maintenance are part of the team too — connecting how your service is presented with care for the environments where centre life happens.
Marketing & enrolmentsThe approach, in practice
People first.
Not just in words.
The way we approach the work matters as much as the work itself.
Understand before
offering answers.
Make room for your priorities and the experiences of the people working in the centre. What is working well is as important as what needs to change.
Keep your centre’s
character in view.
Begin with its philosophy, identity and community, rather than assuming a new brand or a different way of doing everything is needed.
Work with your people.
Not around them.
Connect support with Centre Managers and educators. Approach challenges as something to understand and work through together.
Keep the purpose
in the picture.
Relate management conversations back to children’s learning, family relationships and the people delivering education and care.
A shared purpose
Children and families
at the heart.
The administrative decisions, the team conversations and the work behind the scenes all connect back to the early learning experience. That is why our approach considers people and practice alongside the business.
We work with your centre’s priorities and agree how support will be delivered, who is involved and how the partnership connects with your existing team.
Explore how we can support your centre
What owners should be clear about
A team behind you.
A clear way to work together.
Before a partnership starts, the everyday arrangements should be understood. These are useful questions to settle together — not promises that every engagement works in the same way.
Request a discovery callWho do we contact?
Clarify contact points for operational questions and how specialist input connects with the support you choose.
How do we stay informed?
Agree how updates reach you, what information is useful and how decisions are communicated.
What stays with our team?
Make responsibilities clear, including the role of your Centre Manager, owner approvals and the work being supported.
What does support look like here?
Confirm the visits, communication, scope and practical arrangements appropriate to your centre. Do not infer a fixed package from a team photograph.
Let’s make room for what’s next
Your centre.
Our next conversation.
Tell us what you need a hand with.
We’ll start with the priorities that matter to you.