Yolla Karnib

General Specialties:

Early Childhood Education

Specialty Focus:

Education:

* Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care * Bachelor of Arts Majoring in English Literature and Philosophy * Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care * Certificate IV in Training and Assessment * Certificate IV in Individual Disability Support * Queensland College of Teachers - Full Teacher Registration * NESA Proficient Teacher Accreditation * NSW Department of Education - Approval to Teach * Ongoing professional development in child safety, safeguarding, disability support, behaviour support, regulatory compliance, risk management and NDIS practice

Years in Practice:

23

Number of cases in the last 4 years:

42

Yolla Karnib is an independent expert witness and senior children’s services professional with more than 23 years of experience across early childhood education and care, childcare operations, Family Day Care, centre-based care, OOSH, schools, early childhood intervention, disability services and NDIS service delivery.

Her professional background includes roles as an Early Childhood Teacher, Primary School Teacher, Childcare Director, Approved Provider, Early Childhood Intervention Specialist, NDIS Support Coordinator and Director of an NDIS-registered service provider. This combination of frontline, management and governance experience enables her to provide practical, independent and evidence-based opinions regarding the standards reasonably expected within childcare, education and disability-service environments.

Yolla’s areas of expertise include early childhood education and care; Family Day Care and centre-based care; OOSH and outside-school-hours care; childcare risk management and safety controls; the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations; the National Quality Framework and National Quality Standards; child-safe practices and safeguarding; incident management and regulatory compliance; approved-provider and service governance; inclusion of children with disability and additional needs; early childhood intervention; NDIS service delivery, safeguarding and provider compliance; school inclusion, reasonable adjustments and student support; staff supervision, training and professional practice; and policies, procedures, record keeping and operational standards.

She is experienced in reviewing incident reports, witness statements, policies, procedures, risk assessments, supervision arrangements, staff records, service documentation and regulatory materials. She can provide independent expert opinions in matters involving childcare supervision, duty of care, child injury incidents, playground and equipment safety, safeguarding, risk management, professional practice, regulatory compliance, service governance and disability-support practices.

Yolla is available to assist with preliminary file reviews, expert conferences, independent expert reports, professional opinions, joint expert conferences and evidence for court, tribunal or regulatory proceedings. Her approach is impartial, practical and clearly communicated, with opinions confined to her qualifications, professional experience and demonstrated areas of expertise.