Middle Years Adventure Playground Worker

1 week ago


St Kilda, Australia City of Port Phillip Full time

Synopsis:
Middle Years’ Service - Adventure Playground Worker
- **Salary Range Band 3 $42.91 - $45.34 per hour including casual loading plus 11.5% Super**:

- **1 x Casual Ongoing Role (1-2 shifts per week with opportunities to work more)**:

- **This role will operate programs in different community settings including Adventure Playgrounds sites (St Kilda and South Melbourne locations).**

**About the Organisation**

The City of Port Phillip is an inner-city council with around 1000 employees who deliver more than 100 programs and services to our residents, businesses, and visitors. These range from childcare and immunisations, to libraries, management of parks and open space, rubbish collection, road maintenance and more. City of Port Phillip has zero tolerance for child abuse and is a committed Child Safe organisation.

**About the Role**
- Program planning and the implementation of activities, and opportunities to enhance children and young people’s development, and social wellbeing.
- Support the Adventure Playgrounds operations in facilitating safe risky play for middle years demographic (Ages 5-12).
- Work to industry best practise in a youth setting, enact positive role modelling and support participation of families and children that engage in services.
- Ensuring the care and protection of all young people attending the service including their rights to privacy, dignity, and confidentiality.

**Duties**:
The three key areas of this role are:

- Direct Service Delivery: plan, deliver and evaluate middle years programs.
- Participant Engagement: community consultation, youth, and children meaningful engagement, promote Council programs and services.
- Administrative duties: reports, team meetings, professional development.

**Skills and Experience**
- A qualification/certificate (or completing) in either teaching, youth work, social work or community development, and/or experience in specifically working with children and young people is required.
- Experience working with children and young people with diverse needs and from diverse backgrounds is desirable.
- Food Handling Certificate (desirable).
- A current Working with Children Check and willing to undertake Police Check (mandatory).
- Current Level 2 First Aid Certificate desirable.

**Culture**

People enjoy working at the City of Port Phillip because we are a welcoming, healthy, and inclusive workplace. We offer a vibrant and diverse work environment where our employees can develop both professionally and personally whilst planning and delivering a range of important services and programs to the community.

**Benefits**
- We offer a workplace which accommodates your working style and needs.
- Be supported and empowered by a leadership team that is community focused, with a strong desire for change and a culture that encourages teamwork and innovation.
- Training and development opportunities, study assistance, flexible working conditions, paid parental leave, an active social club, a health and wellbeing program, and a well
- regarded Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**Security Requirements and Professional Obligations**

Prior to a formal letter of offer, preferred applicants will be asked to provide:

- Evidence of mandatory qualifications/registrations/licences,
- Sufficient proof of their right to work in Australia
- Sufficient proof of their identity.
- Complete a National Police Check completed via City of Port Phillip’s Provider
- Evidence of a Working with Children Check (employee type with City of Port Phillip registered as the organisation).

**How to Apply**

All applicants must provide a Cover Letter in response to the key selection criteria located on the last page of the position description. The Cover Letter should be no longer than 2 pages and include each heading in the Key Selection Criteria.

Applications close** 11.59pm Sunday September 29th 2024



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