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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
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Jane De Vita
Early Learning Consultant, Goodstart Early Learning
Jane De Vita has worked in early childhood in various roles for more than 30 years. In this time she has been a kindergarten teacher and director, a university tutor, a supervisor of students on practice teaching, a family day care co-ordinator, and a child care director. Jane is currently an early childhood...
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Fran Chavasse
Senior Nurse educator at Tresillian Family Care Centres
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Tiffany Noble
Senior Speech Pathologist, Goodstart Early Learning
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Dr Susan Moloney
Director of Paediatrics Gold Coast University Hospital
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Kylie Romero
Practice Improvement Area Lead, Goodstart Early Learning