Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 21st Apr 2021
Vươn lên (VL) (means To Rise in Vietnamese) will offer fortnightly peer group support and social learning assisting young people in the Southern Region of Melbourne to take part and be more fully included in the community. It also has a connected parent support component to further assist the young people and families.
VL is a sub program of a large capacity building Project being undertaken by Extended Families Australia and Vietnamese Families with Special Needs (VFSN) Inc. across 2020-2022.
The Facilitator will work directly with families and individuals and will be responsible for co-facilitating a fortnightly peer group for youth aged 15-18 years starting in May 2021. The Facilitator will be an integral member of VL Team that includes the Program Coordinator, other Facilitators, Peer Leaders and Volunteers.
The role is ideally suited to someone with experience in the disability services sector, working with youth in peer groups or inclusion support experience. It will involve travel to community venues and visiting participants in their own homes. We are preferably seeking some fluent in Vietnamese, so they can facilitate the parent support component as well.
The position is 10 to 12 hours a fortnight.
(NOTE: This position can be combined with the Extended Families My Time Facilitator (Vietnamese Speaking) which would make the position 20 hours fortnight. Please refer to our other advertisement for that position)
Community Inclusion staff at Extended Families support people with a disability and their families to build individual capacity through skills development, devise solutions to overcome participation barriers and create connections between people and the communities they live in. For many individuals, achieving genuine community participation can feel daunting and sometimes beyond their reach. Extended Families has an excellent reputation in service innovation, quality practice and provides a highly supportive team environment. Our focus is on helping children and young adults with disability of diverse backgrounds to find and experience genuine inclusion.
The VL Group Facilitator will have
We are looking for a person with qualifications (or an individual working towards gaining qualifications) in Community Development, Community Service Coordination, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Psychology or Welfare. This is a contract position concluding July 2022, with the possibility of extension.
The VL Program follows on from and seeks to further build upon the outcomes achieved in the VL pilot that was successfully implemented by Extended Families and the VFSN in 2019 and 2020.
VL South East Youth will assist 8-10 young people and their families who are experiencing difficulties engaging in meaningful community activity and who have not been able to overcome inclusion barriers through existing services.
The program will provide tailored, group based support to help participant’s develop their community interests, strengthen daily living skills, grow in confidence, increase resilience and motivation, experience social connection and access community participation experiences.
The VL Group Facilitator will
Orientation, training and ongoing support will be provided to the Facilitator by the VL Coordinator and by the Project Management Executive Team
Email and phone enquiries to Julia Klieber, Project Manager, [email protected] using the subject line: Vươn lên Group Facilitator - South - Youth Peer Group enquiry via EthicalJobs or M 0451 665 057.
A full Position Description is attached.