• Part Time or Full Time Opportunity + Fixed Term until October 2026 (Special Project) + SACs Level 5 classification $97,733 - $101,787 pa (Pro Rata Part Time) + 11.5% super + salary packaging benefits
• Based at Sunshine campus + Opportunity to Work From Home
• Support the development of children through capacity building within the School Readiness Team within Brimbank and Melton LGAs

The Opportunity

The School Readiness program is seeking talented Social Workers to support our community’s kindergartens’ learning and development outcomes.

In this rewarding and unique role, you will gain exposure to a new way of working within the allied health and early years sector. This role provides opportunity for a Social Worker, with skills and interest in supporting early years educators and families, to contribute to improving developmental and educational outcomes for children.

School Readiness Funding (SRF) aims to support the learning and development of children accessing kindergarten programs, to address educational disadvantage through capacity-building activities.

As the dedicated health professional for eligible kindergartens, you will apply your clinical expertise to provide best practice allied health support through capacity building, coaching, modelling, group training, case consultation and other discipline specific services. This role services the Brimbank and Melton LGAs where you will travel to kindergartens onsite to provide service delivery.

Within the program, allied health professionals work in collaboration with educators and families, with the goal of improving outcomes for children in one or more of the three School Readiness Funding priority areas:

• Communication (language development)
• Wellbeing (social and emotional)
• Access and inclusion

You will be part of a cohesive and supportive multidisciplinary team with access to high quality clinical supervision and paid professional development programs such as Hanen.

This opportunity is flexible to consider Part Time or Full Time with a minimum commitment of 0.6FTE (3 days). The role is a Fixed Term (Special Project) opportunity until October 2026 and is classified as a Social and Community Services Employee Level 5 under the Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2022.

You will make a difference by

• Working collaboratively with the School Readiness Team to plan service delivery within kindergarten programs across Brimbank and Melton areas.
• Building the capacity of early years educators and families through coaching, modelling, group training, case consultation support, and other discipline specific services.
• Provide social work support to early years educators, families and communities, to achieve their goals in relation to communication and wellbeing of children.
• Reflecting and evaluating supports to enhance outcomes.
• Providing supports via telehealth or at services in Brimbank and Melton LGAs

To succeed you will need:

Essential:

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work.
• Minimum 4 years experience delivering Social Work services to young children and their caregivers. Experience working in a kindergarten setting is an advantage.
• Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement evidence-based programs that meet the communication and wellbeing goals for children, families, and educators.
• Current and valid Victorian Working with Children’s Check and driver’s licence.

Desirable Capabilities

• Experience working in a capability building and coaching role with educators or families, to promote skills and knowledge in child development.
• Strong understanding of the impact on trauma and adverse childhood experiences on child development.
• Ability and interest to work within the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF).

We will offer you:

• Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.
• Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. Be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.
• Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth.
• Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing, paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program.

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Child and Wellbeing Coordinator (The Local) Success Profile, submit your resume and respond to a few questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact Danielle Barth, Senior Manager Child and Family Services at [email protected] 0422 320 150 or Stacey Spong - Team Leader School Readiness at [email protected] using the subject line: Social Worker - School Readiness enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected] with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.

Success Profile - Social Worker (SRF) - Level 5