About Family Day Care Queensland (FDCQ)

At Family Day Care Queensland (FDCQ), children and families are at the heart of everything we do. As a values-driven not-for-profit, we’re dedicated to creating safe, nurturing, and high-quality care environments across Queensland.

We believe in protection, accountability, collaboration, and creativity - values that guide our daily work and fuel our drive for continuous improvement. By championing child safety and empowering our people, we make a lasting difference in the lives of children, families, and communities.

About the Role

The Positive Behaviour Guidance Coach (PBGC) is a dynamic and impactful role that combines training & development with specialist behavioural guidance.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Design, deliver, and evaluate training programs that lift capability in Quality, Safety, Safeguarding, and Behavioural Guidance.
• Bring the Child Safe Standards to life - ensuring children’s voices are heard, families are engaged, diversity is celebrated, and staff are equipped and supported.
• Coach and mentor staff, building confidence and competence across the QLD Home-based education and care sectors.
• Work alongside families, communities, educators and service providers to strengthen compliance and promote wellbeing.

This is more than a job - it’s a chance to shape practice, influence culture, and create positive outcomes that ripple across children, families, and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities

• Training Needs Analysis - Identify workforce gaps in Quality, Safety, and Behavioural Guidance.
• Training & Development - Design and deliver evidence-based behaviour support to educators, focusing on positive strategies for complex behaviours and guiding providers to align policies and quality improvement plans with best practice.
• Child Safeguarding - Champion Child Safe Standards, embedding them into every layer of practice and service delivery.
• Continuous Improvement - Evaluate outcomes, close training gaps, and foster a culture of evidence-based practice and accountability.

About you

You’re not only experienced - you are passionate about making a difference. You bring a unique blend of clinical expertise, coaching ability, and a deep commitment to child safety and wellbeing.

This role will see you lead a structured, state-wide initiative across Queensland, delivered in four phases:

1. Data Analysis & Gap Identification – Reviewing service data to identify areas of need.
2. Training Development – Designing targeted training programs to address identified gaps.
3. Training Delivery – Delivering training across Home-based Education and Care services regionally, state-wide.
4. Review & Impact Measurement – Evaluating success and demonstrating outcomes in minimising identified gaps.

Essential skills and experience:

• A degree in Psychology, Education, Behavioural Science, Health Science, or a related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience in training, behavioural support, or practice mentoring.
• Willingness to travel State-wide.
• Strong understanding of quality, safety, and compliance frameworks.
• Skilled facilitator, coach, and communicator with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Previous experience in the not-for-profit, community, education, or health sectors.
• Experience managing complex behavioural caseloads.
• Knowledge of WHS legislation and restrictive practices compliance.
• Recognised for enthusiasm, initiative, and the ability to inspire others.
• Experience in the not-for-profit, community, education, or health sectors.
• A background in managing complex behavioural caseloads.
• Knowledge of WHS legislation and restrictive practices compliance.
• A reputation for being enthusiastic, proactive, and solutions-focused, with a knack for inspiring others.

If you’re ready to champion child safety, strengthen organisational capability, and make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

The appointment will be a fixed term contract for until June 2028 consistent with the funding duration. Applications will close mid Oct unless the position is filled sooner.