Behaviour Support Partner - SEQ Sth

Goodstart Early Learning; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Maintained Company Vehicle (FMCV

Car allowance

Flexible work arrangements

Discounted childcare

Fitness Passport

Discounted health care

Exclusive discounts

Free annual flu shot

Option to purchase extra leave

First Nations Support and Cultural LEA

Job summary

Goodstart Early Learning, Australia's largest early learning provider, is seeking a Behaviour Support Partner. This full-time fixed-term role involves travelling to South East Queensland centres, including Ipswich, Gold Coast and Darling Downs, with regular overnight stays to regional centres.

You will coach educators to apply evidence-based strategies for challenging behaviours and trauma-informed practices.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the early childhood education and care sector.
• Experience coaching or mentoring educators.
• Ability to travel regularly including overnight stays.
• Current Queensland Working with Children Check.

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face coaching and professional learning.
• Work with centre teams to enhance knowledge and skills in positive behaviour guidance.
• Support educators to strengthen children's social and emotional self-regulation.
• Embed sustainable quality improvements across centres.
• Document goals and action plans for accountability.

Skills

Positive behaviour guidance

Trauma-informed practice

Functional behaviour analysis

Inclusive teaching strategies

Coaching & mentoring

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education

Bachelor's degree in Psychology/Allied Health/related field

Job description

Goodstart is Australia's largest early learning provider. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. Our people are our foundation, together we are working to ensure children have the learning, development and wellbeing outcomes they need for school and life.

Role: Behaviour Support Partner

Location: Travel to centres across SEQ South including Ipswich, Gold Coast and Darling Downs + Regular overnight travel to regional centres

Employment Type: Full time Fixed-term (November 2028 funded)

At Goodstart, we are committed to improving outcomes for children by strengthening educator capability and building inclusive, high-quality early learning environments.

As a Behaviour Support Partner, you will work directly with allocated Goodstart Centres across South East and Regional Queensland, partnering with Centre Directors, Educational Leaders and Educators to enhance their knowledge and skills in positive behaviour guidance.

You will provide face-to-face, evidence-based coaching and professional learning to strengthen educator capability in responding to complex, trauma-related behaviours and developmental conditions.

Working within the Goodstart Practice Team, you will utilise established frameworks and resources including the Behaviour Support Kit, Recognition and Response Model and Quality Rating Scales to drive sustained improvement in practice.

Your Impact:

In this role, you will:

• Deliver engaging professional learning aligned to the National Quality Framework
• Implement effective coaching and mentoring strategies to build professional capability
• Support educators to strengthen children's social and emotional self-regulation
• Work collaboratively with centre teams to embed sustainable quality improvements
• Document goals and action plans to support accountability and ongoing development
• Contribute to a child-safe, inclusive and culturally responsive environment

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Fully Maintained Company Vehicle (FMCV) and/or car allowance
• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs (as agreed with management)
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
• Free annual flu shot (optional)
• Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance
• First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

You'll bring to the table:

• Significant experience in the early childhood education and care sector.
• Bachelor's qualification in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Allied Health, or related field.
• Expertise in positive behaviour guidance, trauma‑informed practice, functional behaviour analysis and inclusive teaching strategies.
• Demonstrated experience coaching or mentoring early childhood educators.
• Ability to travel to regional services regularly including overnight stays
• Strong understanding of the National Quality Framework and child development best practice.
• High‑level communication and facilitation skills, with strengths in culturally responsive and context‑sensitive practice.
• Current QLD Working with Children Check

At Goodstart we are deeply committed to Reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We're an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We're also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.