Early Parenting Practitioner

1 week ago

Geelong, Victoria, Australia Barwon Health Full time

Employment Status
Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time

Program
Women, Children & Families

Location
McKellar Centre

Hours Per Fortnight
503

Position Summary

Make a difference to local families. Opening soon.

  • Join Barwon Health's new stateoftheart early parenting centre, dedicated to supporting families in our region
  • Empower parents with skills and knowledge to nuture their children, and themselves
  • Multiple opportunities available part time or full time hours
  • Further career opportunities coming

About Barwon Health


Barwon Health is Victoria's largest regional health service and is also the largest employer in the Geelong region, employing over 8700 staff.


Barwon Health's core facilities include the University Hospital Geelong precinct in central Geelong, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, the innovative Sunrise Centre, Barwon Health North; a vital service that includes child and family health support, renal dialysis, medical imaging, and urgent care, and five stand-alone community health centres.


A range of services are delivered across our sites including, aged care, mental health, drugs and alcohol services, community and allied health and rehabilitation services.


In addition to delivering high-quality healthcare, Barwon Health is home to a renowned research program and has strong partnerships with training and higher education providers.

Explore our services here.

About the Barwon Early Parenting Centre


Opening in the first half of 2024, the Barwon Early Parenting Centre will provide specialist support and deliver flexible, targeted services for families with children 0-4 years old.

The centre aims to enhance the parent-child relationship and support parents with strategies for achieving their parenting goals.

These goals are often in areas such as sleep and settling, child behaviour, and parent and child health and wellbeing.

These goals are achieved through structured programs that vary from residential, day stay and in-home support

Programs include:
- psychosocial, physical and developmental assessments
- parenting education
- counselling
- skills development
- play-based activities
- modelling effective behaviours.

The Barwon Early Parenting Centre is located within the McKellar Centre precinct on Ballarat Road in North Geelong.

To learn more about the Victorian Government's expansion and upgrade program to the early parenting centre network, click here.

About the role


Early Parenting Practitioners (EPP) play a pivotal role within the clinical team, serving as frontline caregivers dedicated to fostering and nurturing healthy parent-child bonds.

The role empowers parents with the skills and knowledge they need to nurture both their young ones and themselves through the journey of parenthood.

This includes the establishment and maintenance of feeding, sleeping, rest, play and limit setting of behaviour, safety and hygiene.


All interventions are established on a sound understanding of the enduring nature of attachment relationships for the healthy development of children into adulthood.


The Early Parenting Practitioner will establish and maintain an effective supportive, safe and welcoming learning environment for children and their parents.

In addition, they plan, organise, implement, guide and evaluate play and age appropriate learning experiences for young children, encouraging parents to participate.


What we offer

  • Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.
  • Geelong and Barwon Health is an attractive destination with a sunny climate, laidback lifestyle and great pay rates.
  • Attractive salary packaging benefits Living Expenses capped at $9,010 which includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments and Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 which includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure.
  • From out of town? To find out more about the Geelong region visit Moving to the Region
  • Located in North Geelong just off the Geelong Ring Road, the Barwon Early Parenting Centre is an easy commute from all suburbs.
  • Flexible working arrangements speak to us about hours, days or shifts that suit your lifestyle.
  • Access to employee wellness program.
  • A genuine community feel we look after each other.
  • Wide range of professional development that enhances your career.
  • Ability to take leave without pay and purchase additional leave.
  • Close to the Surf Coast and Bellarine Peninsula.

Diversity and Inclusion
At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person's uniqueness.

We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

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