Pregnancy Family Meeting Coordinator

Pregnancy Family Meetings are a collaborative frontline program between Department of Communities & Justice Western Sydney Nepean /Blue Mountains District (DCJ) and Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) that uses Family Meetings to promote early engagement and interagency planning with pregnant women at risk of their babies entering out of home care at birth. The program is voluntary and offered to pregnant women who are linked in with DCJ who meet ROSH (Risk of Significant Harm) and who are also having their antenatal and birthing care through one of WSLHD’s Hospitals.
This position reports to the Vulnerable Families Coordinator for WSLHD. In consultation with the Vulnerable Families Coordinator, the Pregnancy Family Meeting Coordinator is responsible for management of the Pregnancy Family Meeting (PFM) program including:

• Coordination, allocation and oversight of PFMs in WSLHD
• Development and maintenance of a group of appropriately skilled facilitators including selection and training of new facilitators
• Operational management of specific PFM Facilitator positions
• Facilitation of PFMs as required 
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the internal and interagency partnerships to support and further develop the PFM program in WSLHD
  Contribute to the ongoing development, implementation and evaluation of  the PFM program in WSLHD and across NSW

Benefits of working for Western Sydney Local Health District 

• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave (For full time staff)
• Salary Packaging - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees)  http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary  
• Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay.  (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access
• Managers Support - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional consultative service for all managers, HR or senior staff that is confidential and unlimited for people management support
  
• Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards
• Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary 
• Leave may be transferrable from other public sector agencies in accordance with leave mobility provisions

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations.  For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa or a period not shorter than the duration of the advertised position.