Andergrove State School is seeking a dynamic and motivated Family Support Coordinator to help improve student attendance, behaviour, and engagement. If you're experienced in working with children and families, eager to make an impact, and ready to push boundaries to achieve success, we'd love to hear
from you
Who We Are:
Andergrove State School is a welcoming and community-focused primary school located in the heart of Mackay. We are committed to providing a safe, supportive, and engaging learning environment where every student is encouraged to achieve their best. With a strong focus on literacy, numeracy, and student wellbeing, we work closely with families to nurture confident and capable lifelong learners.
Step Into Your Next Chapter:
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.
Responsibilities Include:
* Respond to individual needs of children, and their families and carers to provide support to transition to school, establish good patterns of attendance and behaviour and maintain engagement in learning.
* Work with classroom teachers, teacher aides and specialist support staff to understand the child's needs and connect their families and carers 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.
* Effectively use data to identify, implement and assess the effectiveness of the support measures provided and accessed by families on improving school attendance, engagement and educational achievement for students.
* Maintain records and information management activities, including accurate case records, as well as use and share confidential information in accordance with legislation, policy and procedures.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
What You Bring:
* Strong communicator
* Great time management
* Previous experience relevant to the role.
Benefits:
* 12.5% superannuation,
* Flexible work arrangements
* Accumulated day/s off (ADO) hours agreement
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 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
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.