Early Years Specialist - Educator/Social Worker

Role Overview:
As an Early Childhood Support Specialist, you will play a crucial role in delivering strengths-based early childhood supports to children and families in accordance with PITC program guidelines and National Guidelines for Best Practice in Early Childhood Intervention. Your responsibilities include utilizing assessments, observations, and developmental knowledge to identify tailored support options. Engaging families as equal partners, you will collaborate to plan goals and supports based on their priorities and desired outcomes for the child.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strengths-Based Support: Implement supportive strategies in line with program guidelines, ensuring personalized, responsive, and flexible services for children and families.
• Assessment and Planning: Utilize functional assessments and developmental screeners to identify appropriate support options. Collaborate with families to develop and implement tailored plans.
• Capacity Building: Build knowledge, skills, and confidence in families, carers, and professionals to support children in acquiring new skills in everyday environments.
• Inclusion Facilitation: Actively connect and facilitate the inclusion of children in community and mainstream settings.
• Record Keeping: Accurately document conversations, developmental information, goals, and outcomes in the NDIA business system following the NDIS Performance Management Framework.
• NDIS Plan Assistance: Assist families in applying for and implementing funded NDIS plans where applicable.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Qualifications: A Degree in Early Childhood, Teaching, Social Work Or Behaviour Support.
• Time Management: Exceptional ability to manage time, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines and KPIs.
• Communication: High-level verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Relationship Building: Ability to build rapport and develop respectful relationships with families and children.
• Intervention Planning: Capability to plan group and individual interventions for children with disability or developmental delay.
• Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrate emotional intelligence, personal resilience, and tenacity.
• Technical Skills: Advanced computer literacy.
• NDIS Onboarding: NDIS onboarding documents cleared before commencement.

Physical Requirements:

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