• Part Time or Full Time Fixed Term until 30 June 2023 (Funding based activity - Project) + SACs Level 5 $93,334 - $97,563 TRP including 10% super (Pro Rata Part Time) + Aintree location
• Opportunity to be involved in a newly developed Early Help Family Service focusing on capacity building and response interventions!
• Build your clinical skills in this rewarding opportunity within the community health sector!

We are One Team IPC Health, we are passionate, creative and we make a difference.

We deliver innovative high-quality services that are client centred, collaborative, coordinated and demonstrate value through measured impact. We are a not-for-profit community health service committed to working with the rapidly growing areas of Melbourne’s middle and outer West, where population will grow by 400,000 in the coming 15 years. By year 2035, we anticipate that the total population served will be approximately 1.2 million.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Social Worker to partake in our new Early Help Family Service! This newly funded service focuses on addressing the emerging needs of children aged birth to 12 years. The Early Help Family Service will act as an early connector providing parents with information, education and support to manage and navigate this developmental stage.

You will be working with our Brimbank Melton communities to deliver evidence based, inclusive early help through a program of locally responsive interventions including –

• Individual family support
• Group based delivery
• Flexible funding
• Universally targeted parent education
• Capacity building for both families and universal services

Working in partnership with the Timbertop Early Children’s and Community Centre this role will be based at their office located in Aintree, Melton.

This opportunity is flexible to consider Part Time or Full Time to suit your work and life balance needs. This is a Fixed Term (Funding based activity - Project) until 30 June 2023 and is classified as a Social and Community Services Employee Level 5 offering $93,334 - $97,563 TRP including 10% superannuation (Pro Rata Part Time) under the Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017.

You will make a difference by

• Empowering clients to recognise their strengths, aspirations and wellbeing goals and facilitate supportive connections into community-based programs that will help them achieve these
• Provide secondary consultations to Family services and Universal services
• Building the capacity of families to respond to their child’s needs through coaching, mentoring and information sharing
• Make timely referrals to appropriate support and specialist services identified in the care plan
• Collaborate with colleagues internally and externally, in developing and implementing a shared and coordinated approach to improve the infants, children and family social, emotional & physical determinants of health

To succeed, you will need

• A tertiary qualification in Social Work
• 4 years relevant experience working in partnership with families who have children aged 0-12 years.
• Excellent motivational interviewing and holistic wellbeing assessment skills.
• Proven experience empowering adults in a planned and structured way to improve health and wellbeing outcomes particularly with diverse and disadvantaged communities.
• Ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders to create and maintain effective partnerships which generate improved outcomes for families.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and innovatively as well as collaborating effectively within a team environment.
• A current Victorian drivers licence and Working with Children’s Check

Why work with us?

• Access to options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Generous salary packaging and paid parental leave benefits.
• Award winning supportive organisation that values growth through our professional development and innovation framework.
• Be well supported through our Grade 1 clinical supervision framework.
• Access to Accrued Days Off to enjoy long weekends and greater work life balance.
• Free onsite car parking.

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 Position Description, click "Apply Now" and submit your resume and respond to a few short questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact Danielle Millar – Senior Manager Community Care on 0422 320 150.

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] using the subject line: Family Community Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs 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 - Family Community Worker