Early Childhood Coordinator

Early Childhood Coordinator Early Childhood Approach Mackay or Townsville

• Employment Term: Maximum Term to 30 June 2026 Full-time (76 hours per fortnight)

• Location: Mackay or Townsville

• Remuneration: $51 p/hr Super NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response the protection of vulnerable people and children financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in peoples lives.

As an Early Childhood Coordinator youll be encouraged to grow develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Lets make a meaningful difference together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

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.

In this role youll:

• Work alongside families to ensure access to the information linkages and capacity building to enable their children with developmental concerns developmental delay or disability to be fully integrated into the life and opportunities of 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.

What makes a difference for you

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained

• A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect shared standards strong values and a commitment to serving others

Wed love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS team youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer were a proud not-for-profit with more than 16500 staff and 9000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming safe and nurturing services for children

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children young people and the elderly safe from harm within our services workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.