Parent Outreach Support Worker

4-month Part-Time 0.8 role, Ashburton
- Collaborative, and highly supportive team environment
- Not for profit with competitive salary including salary packaging

**About Access Health and Community**

With a history of 150 years and caring at our centre, our mission and commitment is to build healthier lives within our communities and to deliver excellent health and community services for all. We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 300 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do, making a contribution to the wellbeing of the community every day through our work, making a difference every day to those that need it most.

**About the role**

The Parent Outreach Support Worker position reports directly to the Manager, Community Wellbeing based in Ashburton. This is a key role that provides an early intervention response to first time and new mothers assessed as vulnerable in their parenting, with a focus on but not limited to mothers experiencing or at risk of mental health challenges. This role requires travel throughout the City of Boroondara as we provide support to mothers within their own home environment.

**What you will be doing**
- Provide an outreach support service to vulnerable new mums across the City of Boroondara
- Deliver a flexible outreach response, which could include client engagement, risk assessment, counselling, parenting strategies, information, advocacy, and referral
- Provide group facilitation when required
- Risk management
- File management
- Engage and network with internal and external stakeholders

**What you will bring**
- Key Selection Criteria_
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Nursing, Early Childhood, Psychology or related discipline
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in delivering a casework or counselling practice in an outreach setting
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with clients in the areas of mental health, child and baby development and parenting (especially of babies and infants)
- Effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Ability to be self-directed
- Must have a valid driver’s licence

**Attributes**
- An ability to work sensitively with people of diverse cultures, abilities, ages, sexualities and gender identities
- Understanding of working within a community agency, including sensitivity to the needs of disadvantaged or marginalized members of the community
- Flexibility to work both as part of a team and individually as required
- Commitment to continuous quality improvement and health promotion principles
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Demonstrated behaviours consistent with Access Health and Community values

**Access Health and Community Culture & Benefits**

**The reasons why people love working at Access Health and Community**:
Not only will you benefit from a rewarding and challenging career; you will thrive in our collaborative and supportive culture where you will make a positive difference each day giving back to those that need it most.

**The position encompasses an extensive range of benefits that are on offer;**
- A truly supportive and valued based culture and engaged workforce
- A culture of trust and empowerment for people to grow and thrive
- Commitment to a work-life balance with flexible working conditions
- Employee Referral Program
- An authentic focus on staff wellbeing and health
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A commitment to ongoing professional Development and career growth
- Paid parental leave and opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Annual leave Loading

**Access Health and Community have an authentic commitment to the health and wellbeing of our staff**:
**_Wellbeing Connector Program _**

A network of 20 peer supporters called Wellbeing Connectors that are there to talk with their colleagues about mental health

**_Personal Resilience Plans_**

Every staff member at AccessHC have the opportunity to complete a Personal Resilience Plan with the support of his or her manager. These plans are a proactive approach to addressing and navigating workplace stress

**_Wellbeing Information Sessions_**

Access to recorded Wellbeing Sessions: staff have access to a number of recorded sessions facilitated by experts in the field addressing self-care, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and dealing with difficult behaviours from clients

**_The Wellness Well_**

The Wellness Well: An internal grants program that provides staff with upwards of $5,000 to implement activities that benefit physical, social and mental wellbeing

**_Employee Assistance Program_**

We offer counseling for our people through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). You can access up to three sessions in a 12-month period

**_Wellbeing Days _**

Available annually to all permanent and fixed term full-time and part time employees an opportunity to take a day off from work for