Supporting child and families to achieve positive life changes.
NDIS Registered Provider — Supporting Families Across Australia — Support at Home, Kinder and in the Community
Finding the right support can feel overwhelming when you’re navigating therapy, appointments and everyday life. At Everyday Independence, your family is supported by a dedicated early childhood key worker and therapy team who are highly trained and experienced in supporting young children with developmental delays, disability and autism.
Your early childhood key worker gets to know your child and family, supports your goals, and brings together the right therapy and services for your child. They are the person you’ll see most often and will deliver most of your child’s therapy through play, routines and everyday activities at home, kinder, childcare and in the community.
Every child is unique, and so is the support we provide. Depending on your child’s goals and needs, your early childhood key worker brings together therapists and supports that may include:
Together, your team works alongside your family to make support simpler, more connected and focused on helping your child participate in everyday life.
Children learn best through play, relationships and everyday experiences. That’s why we deliver therapy where your child naturally spends their time, including at home, kinder, childcare and in the community. Some of the things we can help with include:
We get to know your child and family.
Learning about what your child enjoys, their strengths and what matters most to your family.
Build goals and strategies together.
Creating simple, practical supports for everyday life and routines.
Your key worker brings the right team together.
Working alongside your family and therapists towards shared goals.
Support happens where life happens.
Building your child’s skills at home, kinder, childcare and in the community.
You know your child best. We work alongside parents, carers and families to provide practical strategies, support everyday routines and make life feel more manageable.
We also help families understand therapy, navigate NDIS supports and services, and build the skills to support their child’s development at home and in the community.
Our goal is to help your child develop skills while supporting the people around them to help them learn, grow and participate in everyday life.
Our key workers are mainly teachers with a degree in education and specialist training in child development and learning. They will be your main therapist and day-to-day contact for all your early intervention services. They support your child and family as part of a broader team that may include speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, behaviour support practitioners, and habit coaches.
Read our blog for on the Benefits of the Key Worker Model.
Our key workers are mainly teachers with a degree in education. They use their specialised training in child development and learning to design and implement strategies across developmental areas, including social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language. They do this in a way that engages your family and other important people in your child’s life, such as their teacher.
There are some specialised areas that only a speech pathologist, physiotherapist or occupational therapist can assess and provide advice on. The key worker will link in these team members where this support is required.
Our key workers use their specialised training in child development and learning to design and implement strategies to support your child’s development. These include activities to improve fine motor skills, language development, or strategies to help with sensory processing issues. Other members of your child’s team, such as speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists, can also use these strategies.
Key workers can deliver more than an individual registered occupational therapist, speech pathologist or physiotherapist as they can implement their strategies and activities as well as those designed by the team of therapists.
Yes. We support children with autism, autistic children, and those on the autism spectrum through personalised NDIS early childhood intervention services. Our team understands that every autistic child has unique strengths, interests, and support needs. Starting early gives children on the autism spectrum the best opportunity to build strong foundations for learning and development.
We use the key worker approach because it is the NDIA’s preferred, evidence-based approach to helping children with developmental delays and disabilities.
More frequently asked questions are available on the key worker model, the background and experience of our key workers, and how we deliver early childhood supports.
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