Early Years Specialist - Allied Health

Work for a well respected NfP. A brilliant role for someone with an interest in assessing young children and supporting their families.

About the Position:
Seeking a highly skilled and motivated Early Years Specialist - Allied Health.
The successful candidate will report to the Regional Lead and play a vital role in delivering strengths-based early childhood supports in alignment with program guidelines and national best practices.
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strengths-based early childhood supports in line with program guidelines and National Guidelines for Best Practice in Early Childhood Intervention.
• Help build the capacity of team members with your expertise.
• Utilize functional assessments, developmental screeners, observations, and knowledge of child development to identify appropriate support options for children and their families.
• Engage with families as equal partners to plan goals and supports based on family priorities and desired child outcomes.
• Build knowledge, skills, and confidence in families, carers, and professionals to support children's learning and development in everyday environments.
• Actively connect and facilitate the inclusion of children in community and mainstream settings.
• Ensure services are personalized, responsive, timely, and flexible, acknowledging that one size does not fit all.
• Accurately record conversations, developmental information, goals, and outcomes in the NDIA business system.
• Assist families in applying for and implementing funded NDIS plans.
• Lead early intervention playgroups, evidence-based parent education programs, and develop parent resources.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Exceptional time management with the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Qualifications in Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology.
• Registration with peak body.
• High-level verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build rapport and develop respectful relationships with families and children.
• Ability to plan group and individual interventions for children with disability or developmental delay.
• Emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and tenacity.
• Advanced computer literacy.
• Valid Australian driver’s license and/or capacity to undertake outreach work in family homes and in the community.
• NDIS onboarding documents are cleared before commencement.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel between office locations.
• Ability to travel within the service area and meet with families and services in the community.