Supported Playgroup Facilitator

**Part Time Permanent Position - 25 hours per week, school term only**

**Band 5 - Salary Range $44,297 - $51,009 per annum + 11.5% Super (please note, this salary will be paid fortnightly over 52 weeks)**

**Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

The Early Years Partnership team is looking for a skilled professional to engage and support families experiencing disadvantage to develop parenting skills and confidence to improve the learning, development and wellbeing outcomes for children through supported playgroups and In-Home Support.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide supported playgroups in accordance with Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Supported Playgroups guidelines incorporating the _smalltalk_ program and in-home support.
- Engage and support families to develop skills and confidence in parenting, using the _smalltalk _resources, role modelling and other evidence-based approaches and to build connections and support networks in the community.
- Develop and maintain networks with relevant internal and external stakeholders.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Diploma level qualification in and experience in early childhood, community development services, education, health welfare, social work or related field.
- Experience working with families with young children, including those who are experiencing disadvantage, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or from a Refugee and Asylum Seeker background being an advantage.
- Ability to assist in the development and implementation of strategies to engage families and provide support in a variety of setting including in-home support and through the attendance of supported playgroups.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to resolve issues and situations as they arise.
- Valid Working with Children Check and Victorian Drivers Licence

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 5 weeks Annual Leave (pro rata)
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact Kellie Robertson, Acting Playgroup Supervisor on 0437 632 284.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

**To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

**Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our ev