Child Development Specialist

**Ongoing Full-time position. As a flexible friendly organisation, we can also consider part time (4 days, 32 hours p/w) arrangements.**:

- **Location flexible across Caboolture, Logan or Milton, QLD**:

- **Bulk funding
- no billable hours**

**The Opportunity**

The Benevolent Society is a Partner in the Community for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and are adding additional Child Development Specialists to our growing Early Childhood Approach (ECA) team.

You will work in partnership with families and early childhood services to gather information on their child’s development. You will support families to develop, understand and implement their child’s NDIS plans. As an evolving scheme, the NDIS environment can be dynamic and fast-paced, if you are open and excited by change and love being part of creating and working through the best approach, come join us and be part of making a difference through these changes.

You will meet with families virtually, over the phone or face to face, to gather information on their child’s development and current supports. You will work in partnership with the family to develop goals, with a focus on participation and engagement across the child’s natural environments to promote meaningful change.

**Our Benefits**

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A best life is deeply personal. It can change as life changes. Here are a few things you might be interested in:

- **Relocate and cover your costs through your salary package Visit our **Careers** page to find out more**:

- **Tools and resources** - Access to pool cars + laptop & phone provided to allow you to work remotely
- **Salary Benefits** - Salary package $15,900 pa, $2,650 meals and entertainment card + discount program + packaged vehicles + purchase additional leave
- **Recognition and Reward** -** Length of Service rewards, Long service leave after 5 years
- **Multidisciplinary team** - **Work alongside Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Early Childhood Teachers
- **Outcomes focused** - **As we are bulk funded we have no billable hours and can focus our energies on truly supporting families and outcomes

**Skills and Experience**
- Proven excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills including, active listening skills and demonstrated ability to adapt communication style and approach to the level of the audience
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills including the ability to build professional, trusting relationships in short periods of time with awareness to diverse cultural and linguistic communities
- Demonstrated effective time and priority management skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines & stakeholders, accurately assess risk and urgency and to maintain knowledge of all tasks with repeated interruptions.
- Proven self awareness, reflective skills and tools to manage personal well-being when supporting vulnerable families including knowing when to reach out for assistance
- Demonstrated willingness for continuous learning being a proven self-starter, self-reflective approach to your work, and embracing feedback
- A current driver’s licence and eligibility for a Blue Card/NDIS Workers Screening Card

**3 things about us (that might pleasantly surprise you)**
- We’re a not-for-profit and non-religious organisation helping Australians for over 200 years
- We offer support to people at all stages of life; children, families, people with a disability and older Australian’s
- Our advocacy work resulted in free legal aid, end to child labour, innovative service delivery and funding models

Call Georgia Bingham on 0428 790 258 or Tanya Harris on 0478 283 953 for more details about the role.