Family Support Coordinator

An exciting opportunity exists for a Family Support Coordinator to work across Regents Park State School and Boronia Heights State School. In this rewarding role, you'll lead family engagement from Pre-Prep through to Year 2, helping families access vital programs, services, and community resources.

If you're passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families, we encourage you to apply.

Who We Are:

Regents Park State School:

Regents Park State School is a vibrant and community-focused primary school situated in Logan City, Queensland. Known for its commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, the school provides a safe and supportive environment where students are encouraged to be curious, confident, and capable learners. With strong values and high expectations, Regents Park State School nurtures academic success while promoting positive behaviour, respect, and a strong sense of school pride.

Boronia Heights State School:

Boronia Heights State School is a caring and inclusive school that values diversity and promotes a sense of belonging for every student. Located in the heart of Logan, the school offers a well-rounded education that focuses on literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional learning. With a dedicated staff and strong community partnerships, Boronia Heights State School is committed to fostering resilience, independence, and lifelong learning in a supportive and engaging environment.

Step Into Your Next Chapter:

As the Family Support Coordinators you will assist the school to support children and families successfully transition into school from early childhood services. You will facilitate access to learning or engagement supports to help establish positive patterns of school attendance, behaviour and engagement in learning. You will link families to external government and non-government supports and services to reduce barriers to learning for students.

Responsibilities include:

• Work with classroom teachers, teacher aides and specialist support staff to understand the child's needs and connect families with services, such as health, therapeutic and developmental interventions to support engagement with learning.
• Work with and support the needs of vulnerable children from diverse and complex backgrounds, including First Nations young persons with disability and young persons in care.
• Support family capacity building to assist their child's learning, development and wellbeing, ongoing engagement in school, and the school to respond to the complex needs of students and families.
• Assist school communities advocating for vulnerable children and families to address their needs and facilitate engagement in learning for improved learning outcomes.

Submit Your Application:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 1-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.

What You Bring:

• Experience working in a culturally responsive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and/or a willingness to work and train in culturally appropriate approaches is essential.
• Knowledge of the regions demographic and local service providers and agency supports would be highly regarded.
• Having an understanding of special circumstances relating to Department of Education ways of working would be highly regarded.