Early Links 2022 Annual General Meeting
We are seeking community minded professionals to join our board to help us achieve our vision of an inclusive society. If you are passionate about advocacy and making an impact in your local community, we would love to speak to you. Our current board members find...
Award season successes!
Golden Pineapple AwardsEarly Links has been awarded the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employer of Choice and Leadership Awards at the 2022 Hunter Diversity and Inclusion Collective (HDIC) Golden Pineapple Awards, held at Watt St, Newcastle. It was an absolute...
Playgroups Appeal 2022
Our playgroupsEarly Links runs free playgroups in Maitland and Muswellbrook to support the local community. Our Maitland Playgroup is an inclusive playgroup with support for children with additional needs. Early Links also runs a MyTime playgroup in Muswellbrook,...
Meet our physio students
Throughout the year, Early Links hosts numerous university students as they complete their degree placements. Students join our OT, Speech Pathology, Social Work, and Physio teams (to name a few) and learn from our knowledgeable team members. I sat down with two of...
Advocating for our clients
Our role at Early Links is something we cherish, as we are provided with an opportunity to support our clients and families – a privilege we take very seriously. We feel honoured to be invited into the lives and homes of those we support. Walking alongside our...
Supporting teens and young adults
Early Links has been providing support for Hunter families since 1988. Although initially founded to provide early intervention services, Early Links has evolved to provide therapy and support services to clients as they grow up, and now offers a range of services...
Supporting clinical staff
I have been fortunate to work at Early Links for many years alongside an experienced and enthusiastic team. As a team, we have a wealth and variety of information and skills – whether that is years in the field, lived experience, different skills and interests,...
Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic
Early Links is proud to announce the rollout of our new Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic. The IFC offers specialist feeding support to children, teens and adults, in both individual and group programs, for clients who experience feeding challenges. The IFC could be of...
Traineeship to CoS team member
Daniel joined our Early Links team in 2021 as a Community Services Trainee. He came to us after some time abroad, where he had completed university studies and gained valuable experience across a range of settings. Dan had a degree but, like many new grads, wasn't...
Client Feedback Survey June 2022
Thank you to everyone who completed the survey that we sent out recently. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we look to achieve continuous improvement in the services and support we deliver to you. We want to share some key insights from the survey and explain what...
Time to renovate the bus
Our Big Yellow Bus appeal is now complete! Thank you to everyone who supported us throughout the appeal. I am delighted to share that with your help, we have raised over $15.5K to renovate the Big Yellow Bus (brought to you by Whitehaven Coal). We cannot wait to see...
Do you know our amazing Annette?
Recently, I caught up with Annette, one of our longest-serving employees of 13 years and asked her about her time at Early Links and her exciting new role as clinical services training coordinator – a position that gives her the ability to educate and support the...