About this job
About Our School
Dalby South State school is a vibrant learning community that uses its shared knowledge and strength to provide quality learning opportunities for each and every student. Dalby South has long been recognised as a school that consistently delivers exceptional academic, cultural and sporting opportunities. We are proud of our school's reputation and are continually striving to further enhance this achievement through focusing on each individual student.
Our greatest assets are our people and our community. The value of the parental role in education is well recognised at Dalby South. Parents are encouraged to become actively involved in our school and many avenues have been pursued to make this involvement suitable to parent's work and personal commitments. We have a dedicated Parents and Citizens Association that strives to foster unity within the school community. Their support and assistance with the provision of assistance and resources is critical to our success.
Your Role
As the Family Support Coordinator 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.
This is a school-based, temporary fulltime position Until 11 December 2026, unless otherwise determined.
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.
- Build and sustain positive relationships and effective partnerships with children, families and carers, school staff, government agencies and community services, and facilitate family led decision making processes to ensure optimum outcomes for children and their families.
What You Bring
- Experience working in a culturally responsive manner with culturally diverse families and students 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.
Please refer to the attached role description for further details regarding this role, including mandatory conditions.
Interested? To Apply
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history).
- Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) response to the below question:
- What knowledge, skills or experience (including lived experience) can you bring to the role?
- Describe a time you worked across multiple teams, agencies and/ or services to deliver shared outcomes.
- Is there anything else you'd like to share with the panel? This should be relevant to your ability to deliver in the role
When responding to the below questions, please consider examples of your capability to align with role requirements.
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.
he Department.Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.