Children and Family Resource Officer

**Hours per week**: 30

**Remuneration**: Band 5 salary from $86,136.96 per annum (pro-rata) plus superannuation

**Location**: Werribee based. This role will be required to work across multiple locations throughout the Wyndham Municipality

**About the role**

The **Children and Family Resource Officer** position sits within the Family and Sector Partnership unit and reports to the Team Leader Child & Family Resources. You will work closely with community and local organisations to co-design and deliver a diverse range of programs to engage and connect local families. This includes supporting families to build self-confidence in their parenting and meeting the changing needs of their child and family.

Our Children and Family Resource Officers co-design and facilitate the supported playgroup program, delivering playgroups across various age groups and facilitating home visits for our community. This requires travelling across the Wyndham municipality, setting up equipment and play materials, and adapting to a range of community and home environments.

Working closely with Wyndham families, you will strengthen their connections to community and services, whilst supporting their capacity as confident parents. You will support the delivery of child and family programs and services to our community, targeting families with young children (0-5 years).

To be successful in this role it is integral that you have a strong understanding on building positive relationships with local families and working with and alongside community, including internal and external stakeholders. You will need to work both collaboratively as a team member and independently and be innovative and flexible in your approach.

To maintain our high level of service delivery, it is a requirement that the part time positions will work 30 hours over 5 days.

**What your day will look like**
- Your day will involve facilitating engaging and inclusive programs and services for children and families, balancing tailored community-based delivery with periods of office-based and travel between community venues and homes across Wyndham to meet the evolving needs of our diverse community.
- You'll provide families with support, guidance, and opportunities in areas like play experiences, child development, and other needs identified by the families themselves.
- You’ll connect families to early childhood and family support services, ensuring they have the resources they need.
- Your role includes identifying training needs in collaboration with the Team Leader Child Family Resource Team.
- Building relationships with community members and services will be key, allowing you to understand the changing needs of families and continuously adapt and enhance programs and activities, creating and setting up child-friendly spaces for group sessions to meet those needs.

**What you will bring**
- Tertiary qualification with mínimal relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications with relevant experience and work skills in early childhood, community development, education, welfare, social work or relevant field
- Experience in facilitating playgroups, parent groups and parent education sessions is highly desirable
- Strong communication skills for building trust and rapport with community
- A strength based and family centred approach that enhances children and their family’s experiences and connections to community
- Experience in identifying and implementing professional development training in early childhood
- A current driver’s license and access to a reliable car to travel to multiple locations throughout the Wyndham Municipality
- A current employee Working with Children Check

If you progress past the interview stage, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening, which may include police checks, a medical, qualification verification, and an Australian work rights check.

**Why join Wyndham**

We are one of Australia’s fastest growing and most diverse cities.

By 2040, we will have more than 500,000 residents and our people are hard at work designing the precincts, building the infrastructure, developing the policies and delivering the programs that will ensure the City is prepared.

Look at our job opportunities and you may be surprised at what you discover: a future-focused culture, a sense of purpose and possibility, and real opportunities to strengthen our diverse community. It all adds up to make Wyndham City a great place to belong.

Our people are our most valued asset. We are focused on building a culture that empowers every person to do their best work. Flexibility is built right into our DNA and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that celebrates a diverse workforce.

**How to apply**

**Please address the below two Key Selection Criteria questions in your cover letter**:

- What does a successful supported playgroup look like to you?
- How will you successfully embed family centred practice into your supported