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Employer attitudes to carer's leave
If you are a working parent and have to take unexpected or necessary leave to take care of a child, what is your employer's response?
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Reaching out for help when you’re a parent means looking to organisations or services with a range of expertise or the means to assist. Whether it’s government payments or a specialised support service, sometimes you just need to ask.
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Our Child Development Professionals

Alma-Jane O'Donnell
Senior Child & Family Practitioner for Goodstart Early Learning
Alma-Jane O’Donnell holds a Master Degree and Graduate Diploma in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health and has more than 20 years’ experience working internationally and nationally with 'at risk' families/children in the homeless, child protection and early years settings. Alma has extensive experience in program...

Fran Chavasse
Senior Nurse educator at Tresillian Family Care Centres

Dr Susan Moloney
Director of Paediatrics Gold Coast University Hospital

Keti Ivanoska
Acting Director and Educational Leader, Goodstart Early Learning

Jane De Vita
Early Learning Consultant, Goodstart Early Learning