Early Childhood Coordinator

Overview

Early Childhood Coordinator | Early Childhood Approach | Mackay

• Employment Term:
  Maximum Term to 30 June 2027, Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)
• Location:
  
  Mackay
• Remuneration: $51 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)
• Close Date:
  Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and may close early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with Uniting Care Queensland. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work across Queensland to support crisis response, protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing.

As an Early Childhood Coordinator
, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make everyday life easier for the people we care about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.

The Early Childhood Approach (ECA) service works as a Partner in the Community delivering the NDIS, supporting children and their families up to the age of 9 years who have a disability, developmental delay or concern.

You will be familiar with contemporary practices in early childhood early intervention and be passionate about making a difference in the lives of families with children with developmental concerns, a developmental delay or disability.

• Work alongside families to ensure access to information, linkages and capacity building to enable children with developmental concerns, developmental delay or disability to be fully integrated into their communities.
• Implement the NDIS Early Childhood Approach to support children under nine years of age who have a developmental delay or disability, and their families/carers.
• Support families to facilitate access to the most appropriate early intervention pathway for children aged 0-8 years, including community supports, Early Supports, and accessing the NDIS.
• Support families to help children develop the skills they need to take part in daily activities.
• Support communities to ensure they have the confidence and competence to include all children.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with families, community, clinical services and education.

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field (e.g. Community Services, Human Services, Social Work, Early Childhood, Allied Health, Psychology) with demonstrated early childhood experience, or minimum Diploma level Early Childhood qualifications.
• A current driver’s license is essential
• Hold a current Working with Children Check (Blue Card)
• NDIS worker screening or the ability to obtain prior to employment
• Demonstrated commitment to actively working in partnership with young children with developmental concerns, developmental delay or disability and their families to build opportunities for them to connect with and contribute to the community, and achieve personal goals
• Proven practice in applying evidence-based approaches in early childhood support; principles of family governance, personal autonomy, choice and control and intentional safeguarding; commitment to social inclusion of all children; ability to identify vulnerabilities and apply safeguards; and knowledge of planning and vision-building technologies
• Demonstrated ability to analyse information from various stakeholders including allied health, medical, Child Safety and Education
• A sound understanding of child development and best practice guidelines within early childhood intervention

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: save tax and increase take-home pay by packaging everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. Learn more in Salary Packaging Explained
• Recognition and rewards platform with employee discounts at retailers, holidays, health insurance, and wellbeing programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave (after 6 months service), in addition to government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, including paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for cultural events
• Career development…