Aso5 Community Development Coordinator

**Department of Human Services**

**Job reference**: 523657

**Location**: 5251 - MOUNT BARKER

**Job status**: Short Term Contract

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Role Highlights**:

- Flexible working arrangements available
- Provide a range of services to promote wellbeing of young people
- Access excellent learning and development opportunities

**Role Details**:
The Community Development Coordinator (CDC) is a role within Safer Family Services and is accountable to the Senior Community Development Coordinator for:

- Developing effective partnerships with agencies and organisations for the successful coordination of family and community programs within the Children’s Centre and wider community that enhance parenting and community capacity with a focus on health, care, education, family support and wellbeing for families.
- Contribute their knowledge of community development, the local community and strategies to increase families active participation in the centre and in the broader community. The Children's Centre Program is a collaborative early childhood initiative that brings together care, education, health, community development activities and family services for families and young children.

Key Outcomes and Accountabilities:

- Establish and maintain effective partnerships and networks with agencies, community groups, families and children to facilitate the successful coordination of family and community programs that enhance parenting and community capacity with a focus on children and families with high and complex needs to be safe, well and connected to community and culture.
- Coordinate and undertake the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of community programs and services using community development and engagement methodologies to ensure a range of responsive and flexible services for families and children.
- Implement an interagency approach, ensuring the work across the local community contributes to capacity building of children, families, communities and other family support services.
- As an active team member within the Children’s Centre leadership team contribute ideas, provide advice and lead the direction of programs with a community development and engagement focus that contribute to capacity building for families and children within the community.
- Respond to community needs through undertaking local needs assessments, developing networks with agencies in the local community and working collaboratively with families in the community to implement appropriate strategies and programs.
- Build awareness and promote the Children’s Centre and programs within local communities through working in partnership with local agencies, families and organisations to develop and maintain a high profile of Children’s Centres to enable and ensure that families and community groups are aware of the services and programs provided in Children’s Centres.
- Identify program and service needs by collecting, gathering and analysing data sets and providing written proposals/reports and recommendations to inform practice and enhance service delivery.

Note: Any other responsibilities in line with the classification level of the role as assigned by Line Manager and/or the Department. The responsibilities as specified above may be altered in accordance with the changing requirements of the role.

**Special Conditions**:

- National Police Check required.
- Employment-related Screening Check required.
- Some interstate and intrastate travel may be required.
- Must hold a current Australian issued driver’s licence (equivalent to minimum class C).
- Covid -19 - will be required to be up to date on their COVID-19 vaccination status prior to engagement with DHS, unless it would be medically unsafe for the employee to do so.

**About the Business**:
Community and Family Services supports vulnerable people and families to participate in social and economic life and build stronger communities. This division comprises three key areas:
**Safer Family Services (SFS) **provides a wide range of intensive family support services to children, young people and families experiencing a high risk of statutory intervention from the child protection or youth justice systems. Services also include family support, community development and parenting and youth programs.

The **Office for Women **works across government and the community towards achieving gender equity and positive change for women in South Australia by developing policy and advising on issues affecting women to improve their safety, wellbeing and economic security. The office also oversees the Women’s Information Service to support women over the phone, online and in person, as well as regional safety hubs across the state.

**Communities and Justice **works towards building community safety and wellbeing by providing support and services to children, young people and families in the youth justice system, building the capacity