Early Years Community Connector

• Full Time Max Term Contract until 30 March 2026 | Maternity Leave Cover
• Based in Logan

About the Role

The role of the Early Years Community Connector is to coordinate health, wellbeing and developmental supports for CALD children aged 0 to 8 years presenting with developmental delay and/or disability. The position outcomes include addressing complex barriers to accessing relevant services by providing practical support, advocacy, information, referrals, and case coordination to ensure collaborative, holistic supports of children and their families. They are employed to respond to Logan Community Hub referrals as well as those identified across SSI programs.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Support families to access quality play, learning experiences, healthcare and early intervention
• Collaborate with CALD families to identify goals and potential referral pathways
• With family's consent, facilitate warm referrals to appropriate services for meaningful engagement and wrap around support.
• Empower families to access culturally relevant information, support and education around gaps in knowledge associated with social determinants of health
• Foster partnerships and cross-cultural knowledge exchange between government, business, not-for-profit organisation and CALD community in Logan to improve outcomes for families
• Reporting and administration, including the accurate keeping of records and appropriate documentation, data collection
• Actively learn and understand community gaps in knowledge of services, supports and systemic processes with a focus on health and wellbeing across Ipswich and Logan.
• Advocate for and contribute to strengthening culturally responsive practices across the sector to meet the needs of CALD families
• Other duties as directed from time to time within your skills range and capacity.

Please reach out to us for the full Position Description to review the Key Responsibilities and Measures of success.

About You

You're a compassionate and skilled professional with qualifications (or equivalent experience) in community or human services. You bring strong communication and listening skills, with the ability to understand client needs and connect vulnerable individuals to the right supports. You're confident working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and can engage in a culturally responsive way, speaking a community language is a plus

You thrive both independently and as part of a team, and you're comfortable collaborating with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Experience supporting refugees, asylum seekers, or vulnerable community members, along with familiarity using databases and Microsoft applications, will be highly regarded.

About Us

Settlement Services International (SSI Group) is a community-based organisation and social business that supports newcomers and Australians to achieve their full potential. Taking an integrated approach how everyone can thrive within the community in which they live and the wider Australian society, we support children, young people and families; people living with disability; and asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. Our programs include facilitating employment, multicultural foster care, creating community engagement, advocacy, and influencing government and international affairs and provide though leadership within our sector nationally and globally.

About our Benefits

• Salary packaging options to receive up to $15,900 of your salary tax-free meaning more take-home pay
• Industry leading flexible working arrangement including 9-day fortnight.
• Access to in-house training and learning opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Access to our inhouse wellbeing programs
• Working alongside professional and dedicated team members all wanting to make a difference in our communities

About our Recruitment Process

SSI Group is strongly committed to actively safeguarding children and young people and providing a safe environment for them to thrive. We ensure children and young people's safety, and wellbeing is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of everyone at SSI, whether they interact directly or indirectly with children and young people. All employees will undergo a National Police Clearance and a Working with Children Check as a condition of employment.

Our Commitment to Diversity

SSI strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.

To Apply

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

Applications close Friday, 28th November 2025

If you would like more information on the recruitment process, please contact the talent acquisition team at  or  or call us at

A recruitment pool may be created for permanent and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available in the future.

SSI is a Disability Confident Recruiter, and our Talent Acquisition team can assist in; providing alternative formats to apply, making adjustments to the recruitment process, (including the application form), and offering information about workplace adjustments and support networks. Should you require adjustments please email us at 

Please note we will be scheduling interviews as applications come in, so please apply urgently if you believe this role aligns with your goals and experience.