About Our School: Welcome to Chinchilla State School. Our school is a vibrant and prosperous learning community that has been on a remarkable journey of growth and improvement over recent years. With approximately 460 students and 60 dedicated staff, we take great pride in the diversity that enriches our school. Around 25% of our students identify as First Nations, and we celebrate the strong cultural connections, perspectives, and contributions that enhance our school community and learning experiences. At Chinchilla State School, our motto 'Play the Game' guides everything we do. It represents our commitment to teamwork, belonging, and resilience, qualities that help every student strive for personal excellence while feeling connected, valued, and supported.Our school has a strong focus on educational achievement, belonging, and engagement. Our key priorities include aligning our reading practices with the state-wide Reading Improvement Strategy and effectively implementing the updated Australian Curriculum in English and Mathematics. Our school values, Learning, Respect, Responsibility, Belonging, and Safety, are at the heart of everything we do. As a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school, we use data to monitor student wellbeing and success, celebrate positive behaviours, and ensure our learning environment remains inclusive and supportive for all.We are also fortunate to have a very active and supportive Parents and Citizens Association (P&C), who work hand-in-hand with staff, students, and the wider community to strengthen school initiatives and opportunities. Our vision, 'All children learning to the best of their abilities,' underpins our shared goal of helping every child thrive, academically, socially, and emotionally. Why this 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. The successful applicant will: 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. Knowledge of, or capacity to develop knowledge of the early childhood sector and transition processes would be considered beneficial for effectively supporting vulnerable families and children within this sector. Please refer to the attached role description for further details regarding this role. Interested? To Apply: Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history) Attach a 2-page response to the below questions (When responding to the below questions, please include examples of your ability to align with the role requirements): What interests you about this role? 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. 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.
