Family and Community Engagement Worker

**Role**: Family and Community Engagement Worker

**Location**: Adelaide - South Australia

**Employment Type**: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (2 Years)

With 16,500 Goodstart team members across nearly 700 centres nurturing 70,000 children, we’re Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. From our centre teams to our support teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

The Family and Community Engagement Worker is pivotal to Goodstart achieving its vision through our Increasing Access and Participation Project. This role is responsible for supporting Goodstart Centres to deliver high quality, inclusive early learning and care for children and families experiencing significant disadvantage. This will be achieved by forming strategic partnerships with Children, Families, Community Organisations, Local Elders, Community Groups, Schools, Local Goodstart Centres, and other Service Providers.

The role will be responsible for building strong internal and external relationships with families, social and community support networks and navigating the service system to plan for and respond sensitively to families experiencing hardship. In addition, the role will need to advise, coach and share knowledge with Centres on how to recognise and respond to vulnerability, abuse and / or neglect, and advocate for children and families.

The ability to undertake State based metropolitan and regional travel is necessary in this role.

**Your Impact**:
Navigate systems and assist in connecting children and families to Early Childhood Education and Care
Monitor, deliver and communicate outcomes as required by the Increasing Access and Participation Project
Build respectful relationships with children and families and use internal / external networks to ensure ongoing support, hold and attend meetings with families and centres
Lead, motivate and deliver personal development for Centre based staff
Implement effective communication strategies to meet the needs of families
Lead and communicate change initiatives to ensure consistency across the State

**What Goodstart can offer you**:
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years
Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more
Security and stability - as Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia’s children and their families

**You’ll bring to the table**:
A Bachelor of Early Childhood, Social Work or similar / equivalent experience
Must have comprehensive knowledge of the child and family service system and proven skills in navigating these to deliver programs and services.
Experience in leading change in education, health or community service is desirable

How to apply

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

**Posting Notes**: MAWSON LAKES, ADELAIDE || SA || Australia (AU) || | SF: LI || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time