Address- $43.37 hourly rate + 10.5% Super + Generous Salary Packaging
- Full time role + 3 days additional leave days over Christmas and New Year
- Enjoy flexible work arrangements + work across our Thomastown and Heidelberg locations (Wurundjeri Country)
Kids First have a prominent 120-year history of safeguarding children achieved through an unwavering commitment to people and transformation. If you're passionate about family engagement with a view to intervention and prevention and are looking for meaning and substance working for an organisation that acknowledges your value by offering great working conditions and flexible working arrangements, then this could be your next opportunity.
Your new role
Join our Connect - Early Parenting Program and play a pivotal role in strengthening parental connections and family relationships to create better family outcomes!
- Provide professional, high quality early intervention services to clients (centre-based or home-based).
- Plan, develop and deliver community development activities and primary prevention sessions for new parents and their babies.
- Actively promote services and provide timely response to program enquiries.
- Cultivate professional and productive relationships.
About you
- You have a qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Child & Family Social Welfare or a related discipline.
- Qualifications in Promoting First Relationships (PFR) and Single Session Family Consultation are desirable.
- You have skills and knowledge in providing centre and home-based support to families.
- Demonstrated experience in group work with a focus on primary prevention, early intervention and working with parents.
- Proven ability to implement community development activities to new parents.
- A demonstrated capability to network and build productive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
How we reward you
- An organisation that truly lives its values.
- Kids First understands the importance of flexible working and has a policy to support this.
- Be nurtured in your career, including professional development in specialist evidence-based models, such as Promoting First Relationships (PFR).
- Enjoy ‘not for profit' benefits such as salary packaging to increase your take-home pay.
- Accrue leave faster when you register with our Rostered Day Off agreement.
- We know how important it is to spend time with family which is why you get 3 additional leave days at Christmas.
- Access our Staff Wellbeing Program.
To apply
Only applications submitted via our website will be considered.
For inquiries about the position:
Name: Diana Piki, Team Leader - Infant & Family TeamPhone number: 0434 156 ***
Kids First is an Equal Opportunity employer that respects and values diversity and inclusion. Kids First welcomes everyone to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and physical ability.
Kids First is a Child Safe Organisation, employment is conditional on satisfactory referee checks, a current Working with Children Check, National Criminal History check, proof of the right to work in Australia and a pre-employment medical (if applicable). Requirement to comply with Kids First vaccination policy where supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties.
