ABOUT BUBUP WILAM ABORIGINAL CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE

Bubup Wilam Aboriginal Child and Family Centre, ‘Children’s Place’ in Woi Wurrung (referred to as “Bubup Wilam/Bubup”) is an Aboriginal community-controlled education, health and well-being organisation in Thomastown, Naarm. Bubup Wilam is an innovative and progressive Aboriginal early years’ service. It is managed and operated by Aboriginal people to deliver services to our families and community and to nurture strong and proud Aboriginal children in a culturally rich and supportive environment. Bubup Wilam enables children to begin their journey to reach their full human potential at an early age. Bubup reinforces children’s strong sense of Aboriginal identity and personal self-esteem to lay the foundation for lifelong learning, health and well-being by providing quality, culturally safe and accessible preventative health care and education for children aged 6 months to 6 years.

Bubup Wilam aims to ensure that local Aboriginal communities can make decisions that directly affect them and exercise their right to self-determination in a meaningful and effective way. It is an innovative program, led by the community for the community. Bubup was awarded the National Naidoc Award for Education and has also been rated a Centre of EXCELLENCE with the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA). These achievements showcase the high quality of Bubup Wilam and the commitment to develop our model. It is expected that any person who chooses to work at Bubup Wilam is committed to maintaining this level of excellence and to continue to enhance and further develop the model. This includes a commitment to self-learning and personal growth in understanding and working within Aboriginal Community Control.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Health & Wellbeing Manager’s role will focus on preventative health and wellbeing programs for children enrolled at Bubup Wilam and their families. As part of our Connected Beginnings program, this position will work with Bubup Wilam teams, overseeing maternal and child health, preventative health screening, supporting the health component of the Individual Health and Learning Plans immunisation programs and the provision of allied health therapy services. The role will be responsible for writing for funding bodies and interacting with Child Protection Services when required. This position will have the overall responsibility of managing preventative health & wellbeing programs inclusive of screenings, allied health services, social wellbeing advocacy for our families and interacting with government and external agencies as required. This position is also required to engage in ongoing professional development and help maintain Bubup Wilam’s Excellent rating from the ACECQA and Bubup Wilam’s registration as an approved NDIS provider of Early Childhood Intervention Supports.

It is preferred that the Health & Wellbeing Manager is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person where possible.

If you think this job is for you then please contact Melissa on 84594800 or email [email protected] using the subject line: Health and Wellbeing Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs for the position description.