Children's Services
The Children’s Services team provide a range of services to families and children aged 0-18 years across the state of NSW and the ACT.
Children’s Services aims to provide a family-centered service which meets individual needs of children and their families/primary carers and is responsive, accessible and enhances family competency and decision-making. Information, support, therapy and educational programs are offered to promote the inclusion of children and families within the community.
Services are provided to: families with children aged 0 to school age with cerebral palsy or similar disability; and from school age to 18 years to children with cerebral palsy, or any disability with significant and complex needs.
Children’s Services offers sessions at a variety of settings, e.g. home based, centre based and/or local community settings such as preschool and day care.
Who’s Who in the team
Children’s Services are provided throughout the state and teams are located across a number of different centres. There are five TSC centres throughout Metropolitan Sydney and a further 10 in rural NSW and the ACT.
Children’s Services is made up of a team of professionals who work collaboratively with families and each other to assess a child’s needs and plan appropriate interventions. The professionals in teams vary; they may include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, early special educators, community development officers, conductive educators, program assistants, seamstresses, therapy administrators and clerical assistants. Children’s Services employs approximately 160 staff and team sizes differ ranging from smaller teams of 4 staff to large teams of 35.
What’s great about working in Children’s Services
The majority of services offered by the team are during weekday, daytime hours and in some teams/roles we are able to offer flexible family friendly hours of work. We offer all employees great training and for some the option to participate in our overseas development program! As many roles are graded, there can be opportunities for career development with the organisation. Regular staff catch ups and appraisals assist with this process.
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