Child & Family Support Officer

1 week ago

Geelong, Victoria, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

Child & Family Support Officer:

Job no: 498478

Work type:
Casual

Classification:
Band 4 Casual - $44.00 p/h (inc casual loading)

Categories:
Child & Family Services

About the role

In this casual role, you will work with the maternal child health nurses to promote the health, development and wellbeing of infants, young children and their care givers by providing advice and guidance to families, with the aim of helping parents build new connecions and making their parenting journey the best experience it can be.


Work type:
Casual

Classification:
Band 4 $44.00 per hour (inc casual loading)

Key responsibilities include:

  • Assist in the delivery of the Maternal and Child Health Program by undertaking direct service delivery to parents and coordination of parenting groups.
  • Develop Health Education displays at one or more Maternal and Child Health centres.
  • Create and maintain a safe environment in the MCH centres and participate in safety checks, follow workplace procedures for hazard identification and risk control and contribute to the management of Occupational Health and Safety.
  • Undertake administrative duties to support efficient and effective service delivery to families attending the Maternal and Child Health Service.

About you

Essential Experience:

  • Sound knowledge of the support needs of infants, young children and their families
  • Knowledge of normal development of infants and children and the ability to recognise deviations from normal that need to be reported to the MCH nurse
  • An understanding of evidencebased parenting programs and interventions for normal infant and child behaviours
  • Diploma level qualification in Early Childhood Education and Care or similar
  • Current Working with Children's Check

Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community.

We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.

We're going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better.

From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.


Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it's important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you're excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit
apply - we'd love to meet you

A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning 'speak and talk together' in local Wadawurrung language.

Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We're committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people.

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.


We offer:
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave

  • IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

Applications and Enquiries

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Advertised: 22 Jan 2024 2:45 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 04 Feb :55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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