Be the face of vital support programs
- Uplife vulnerable young people and families
- Weekdays: $34.04/hour, Saturdays: $51.06 + Super

**A unique opportunity**
SHINE for Kids is the only national charity provider of infancy, youth, and family programs for families impacted by incarceration. To coordinate the Alexander Maconochie Centre programs, you will be passionate about providing life-changing experiences to strengthen family bonds.

**The benefits**
- 19.5 hours/week: Wed-Sat 8:30 am -4.30 pm, Sat 8.30 am -1.30 pm
- SCADDS award weekday base rate: $34.04 + Super
- Saturday rate: $51.06 + Super
- Plus generous not-for-profit salary packaging
- 12-month fixed-term contract
- A strong possibility of permanency or extension
- Tools of the trade, including a phone and a laptop
- Ongoing training and professional development
- The satisfaction of making a difference in the lives of vulnerable young people

**The impact you will have**
This pivotal role will report to the ACT Lead and National Practice Manager, who will support you as you deliver programs to facilitate the bond between children and their incarcerated parent(s). Examples of our relationship-building programs include:
**_Keeping Us Together_**
Helping parents to improve their communication with their child

**_Storytime_**
Building parental bonds and literacy by recording bedtime stories for their child

**_Facilitating InVisits_**
Supporting positive family interaction through arts, crafts, and visiting area activities

**_Ride By Your Side_**
Working alongside volunteer mentors, transport children to parental visits and social outings

Your background could be in education, community services, child protection, or family services. You will be passionate about continuously developing programs to break the fragmenting parent and child separation cycle.

**A typical day will involve**
- Promoting opportunities for young people to engage with their parent
- Working with schools and referral agencies to identify families in need
- Organising programs, transport, visitations, administration, and events
- Passionately delivering sessions for parents in custody and children
- Planning play programs to be: fun, age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, safe
- Liaising with schools, families, carers, and volunteer mentors
- Assessing risk, making assessments, and documenting case notes
- Supervising rollouts: recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers
- Continuously developing networks with prison staff and community-based networks

**What you need to succeed**
- Education, criminology, and/or social work qualifications
- Experience working and collaborating in a child services-related field
- Professional, warm, and inclusive written/verbal communication skills
- Understanding the needs of diverse demographics (e.g. Aboriginal people)
- Relating well to culturally or linguistically diverse people
- Professional liaison: parents, carers, and corrective services personnel
- Recruitment and training of Mentors for the Ride By Your Side Program
- Clear Working With Children (WWCC) and Criminal Record (CRC) checks
- A current driver's licence

**What you need to do now