Family Resource Liaison Officer

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 61389

**Family and Community Resource Liaison Officer - Children’s Cancer Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital**
- Work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team
- Provide non-clinical support children and families receiving care in the Children’s Cancer Centre
- Part time/permanent role (0.2 EFT, negotiable hours)

**About Us**

Monash Health provides integrated healthcare services available to over 1.3 million people, representing 32% of the population of greater Melbourne. We have recently opened a new 230 bed dedicated Children’s Hospital, co-located next to Monash Medical Centre at Clayton. The Children’s Cancer Centre, now known as Reef unit, is a brand new state of the art unit within the Monash Children’s Hospital. We are proud of our commitment to providing exceptional care and services to meet the needs of patients and their families, delivered through a strong multi-disciplinary team of specialist medical, nursing and allied health professionals.
- We are now looking to engage a highly motivated professional to fill the role of our Family and Community Resource Liaison Officer._

**About the Role**

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager and Head of Department you will complement the clinical care team and work collaboratively with the allied health and psychosocial team to coordinate and provide non-clinical support for children and their families. Specifically in this role you will:

- Support children and their families who are either inpatients or outpatients of the Children’s Cancer Centre services through play, recreation, social activities and respite
- Liaise with Monash Health Foundation and charity/philanthropic organisations to coordinate toy/craft/play donations
- Facilitate fundraising/publicity events and visiting programs within the CCC
- Foster optimal relationships between the Children’s Cancer Centre and these organisations and
- Advocate for children and families being treated by the Children’s Cancer Centre

**Experience and Expertise**

To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate that you satisfy the following mandatory criteria:

- Hold a qualification suitable to this role - for example: relevant health qualifications, early childhood certificate, play/art/music qualifications, creative arts, and fundraising/public relations
- Superior communication skills that are cognisant of clinical circumstances
- Strong team player skills that support a child/family focused approach to work
- Creative and flexible approaches

You are a highly motivated and enthusiastic professional who has a family focused approach to work. You are looking to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team and have skills and experience that would enable you to contribute to the non-clinical support of children with cancer and haematological conditions and their families. You would be working 8 hours per week with flexible days and hours per day.

**What’s on Offer**

This role offers you the opportunity to work collaboratively as a member of the Children’s Cancer Centre team to provide non-clinical support services for children with cancer or haematological conditions and their families. Working collaboratively with both the Children’s Cancer Centre team and the Monash Health Foundation you will be help coordinate both in kind and financial donations that support the Children’s Cancer Centre service. Your role as liaison with philanthropic organisations and donors is critical within the Children’s Cancer Centre’s team.

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace.

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.? These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.