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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Family Engagement worker
Community Services Development
Company shared salary
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Market rate
A$5,500–A$6,800/mo (A$66,000–A$81,600/yr)
Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).
About the Company
Hume City Council is one of Australia's fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible. As a leader in local government, we're committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values: We're better, every day; We're in it together; We show up; All for Hume.
Responsibilities
- ● Work collaboratively within the Aboriginal Engagement Team and Enhanced Maternal and Child Health Program in Hume to facilitate parent groups.
- ● Provide holistic assistance, support and skills development to enhance families' parenting experiences and support linkage with support services, including Early Start Kinder and support families to increase their parenting skills.
- ● Provide one-on-one in-home support and referral pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in their homes, in a partnership approach to enhance parents' knowledge, skills, and identified parenting challenges.
- ● Ensure that appropriate and required documentation of all consultations with families is completed in accordance with required standards.
- ● Effectively support individual families and facilitate their early and sustained participation in relevant groups and programs, in particular engagement with Early Years Services, the Universal and Enhanced Maternal & Child Health Services.
- ● Build and maintain respectful and trusting relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
- ● Effectively support individual families and facilitate their early and sustained participation in groups and programs.
- ● Engage families in early years services, including Universal and Enhanced Maternal Child Health services.
Requirements
- ● Demonstrated experience in providing services for and understanding of the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families of young children including delivering one on one skill instruction or support.
- ● Demonstrated skills in engaging and working respectfully and sensitively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and young people.
- ● Demonstrated skills and experience in engaging and working respectfully with families and children with a disability.
- ● Demonstrated experience in building relationships and communicating effectively with community stakeholders.
- ● Demonstrated knowledge in parenting and parenting related issues.
- ● Well-developed verbal and written communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively with families from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- ● Demonstrated experience in working in a multidisciplinary team and with service providers.
- ● Demonstrated experience in prioritising and managing own workload.
- ● Appropriate tertiary qualifications such as Certificate IV in Community Services, Aboriginal Health Worker, early childhood services or willingness to work towards one or more of these qualifications.
- ● Relevant experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and young children.
- ● Valid Working with Children's Check.
- ● Current driver's licence.
Benefits
- ● 22.8 hours per week
- ● 83,714 per annum (pro rata) plus Superannuation
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