Children & Families Playgroup Facilitator - Hybrid

3 days ago

Preston, Australia Berry Street Full time

**Work options**: Hybrid
- Generous leave + salary packaging benefits
- Work for a NFP organisation that celebrates all cultures and diversity
- A culture that values and supports professional development.

**The Opportunity**

The ELF Program delivers high-quality, evidence-based supported playgroups for families with children ranging from newborns to school age. This role focuses on strengthening early learning, promoting play-based learning, and building parental confidence using trauma-informed, therapeutic activities.
- ** Preston location, Wurundjeri Country**:

- ** Part time 0.6, Fixed term role until 30/06/2026**:

- ** $97k pa + 11.5% superannuation + salary packaging up to $15,900 pa**

The ELF supported playgroups offer a safe and playful learning environment for families. The team work collaboratively to provide high-quality parent and child supported playgroups targeting families experiencing vulnerability.

**Key Responsibilities**:
As a Supported Playgroup Facilitator, you will:

- Co-facilitate three supported playgroups across the week in the City of Whittlesea
- Promote early learning through play, fostering positive parent-child relationships
- Provide case support, connecting families to community services and resources
- Work collaboratively with early education, health, and welfare services to support families

**About You**

We are looking for a compassionate and skilled professional with experience in group work and case support with families and young children who is:

- Passionate about early childhood development and trauma-informed care, with a strong understanding of play-based learning and its role in supporting children’s growth and development.
- Knowledgeable about child development, family violence frameworks (MARAM), early parenting and the secondary and tertiary service systems that aim to support the best interests of children and families
- Bachelor Level qualified in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare, Early Childhood Education, or a related field.

**How to Apply**

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted ASAP. Applications close on **11pm, Wednesday 27 Feb 2025.**

**Queries to Nicole Ducat - Team Leader, ELF on 0429 087 761.**
- Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion._
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply._

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