about Tweddle Child and Family Health Service

Sometimes you get a chance to be part of something special. That something special is Tweddle Child and Family Health Service (Tweddle).

We are a leading and long-standing Early Parenting Centre in Victoria with a proud history and commitment to strengthen the lives of babies, toddlers and their families. Tweddle is a registered public hospital with its head office located in Footscray offering a range of early parenting programs including residential, day long and sessional groups at our main campuses at Footscray and Wyndham and community programs in Barwon Region.

Our staff are committed to the values of Connection, Curiosity, Respect and Courage in the delivery of life-changing care to the families we serve.

We are looking for an Early Parenting Practitioner (Hopes) to deliver our western region targets on a fixed term basis from April 2026 to October 2026. Note: This role can be based at Footscray or Werribee.

What you’ll DO

The role will contribute to the care team planning approach by contributing to and supporting tailored interventions that best meet the needs of babies, toddlers and their families in the home.

HoPES is an 8-week home-based intensive parenting program for families with children aged 0-4 years, who are currently involved with DFFH and/or family services in a case management capacity. The program aims to support family preservation and reunification with a focus on family strengths, connection and the parent-child relationship.

What you’ll bring

• Do you have a Diploma level qualification in Nursing, Children Services, Early Childhood Development, Youth Work or degree in Social Work or Psychology?
• Do you have experience in working with families experiencing multiple and complex issues?

WHY JOIN Tweddle?

• Be part of the journey, share your passion and become part of the Tweddle team.
• Work with a collaborative and inclusive multi-disciplinary early parenting team.
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
• Salary Packaging and Meals Entertainment.
• Work for an organisation that supports flexibility, work-life balance and ongoing professional development.

Tweddle is committed to equity of access to optimise the health and wellbeing for Aboriginal babies, toddlers and families. We encourage and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates for this role

We welcome phone conversations with our staff – if you would like to know more about this role, please contact us on 03 9689 1577 or email us on [email protected] using the subject line: HoPES Early Parenting Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

Please refer to position description attached below or via https://tweddle.org.au/careers/

Please click the 'Apply Now' button to submit an application with us.