Parent Mentor

• Highly regarded not-for-profit organisation
• Progressive, enthusiastic and dedicated staff
• Attractive Salary Packaging available
• Full time position
• Based in Geelong

Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services (Djerriwarrh) is a highly regarded not-for-profit charitable organisation which has been delivering high quality education, training, employment and youth programs in the western suburbs of Melbourne since Djerriwarrh's Mission Statement is 'empowering individuals and local communities to learn, connect and grow'.  Djerriwarrh has an inclusive, collaborative workplace culture.

Program:

Parent Pathways is a completely voluntary program that aims to provide support services to meet parents where they're at, both in location and their stage of life, whether that's helping parents identify their strengths, develop a new skill, plan for future work or study or access financial support or a referral to community support services to address difficulties they may be experiencing. Parent Pathways recognises the connection of parents to pre-employment opportunities and that there may be many pathways for a parent before they are ready to think about and plan for study or employment.  The objectives of Parent Pathways are to assist parents with young children to identify their strengths, connect with local services, and pursue their educational and employment goals when they are ready to do so. The program aims to provide quality support that is meaningful, flexible, and individualised to each parents' unique circumstances and caring responsibilities.

Role:

Parent Mentors are responsible for the day-to-day delivery of support services to all parent clients and participants at Djerriwarrh. This includes maintaining a caseload, directly supporting participants, and ensuring the effective delivery of the program in line with the Deed, Guidelines, participant needs, and Djerriwarrh's organisational goals.

• Demonstrated experience and success delivering a voluntary program or service, including delivering outreach services.
• Demonstrated track record of case management, preferably working with parents and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Experience in providing education and employment support services.
• Supporting parents in job search activities and/or workshops to build employability skills.
• Experience working with employers and helping them with their recruitment needs.
• Providing vocational guidance tailored to the participant's goals and connecting them to suitable VET/education providers.
• Deliver and facilitate activities, workshops and/or training to participants, such as 'Life Skills', Skills for Parents, digital literacy, and financial literacy.
• Experience in community and stakeholder engagement, including being involved in Communities of Practice, Consumer Advisory Groups, and peak/industry bodies.
• Sound understanding and application of IT systems, including government programs, such as ESS web, and administering the Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI).
• Providing timely and accurate information/data to the Program Manager via IT systems and internal reports.

Skills/Qualifications:

Diploma level qualifications related to education, training, social services, counselling, case management, psychology, community services, careers guidance, and/or similar.

Position Description:

For a position description and information on how to apply please contact Stacey on , email or click on the following link:

Applications must include a cover letter, an address to the Key Selection Criteria and a current resume.  Applicants who do not address the Key Selection Criteria will not be contacted.

Closing date: 5:00pm Friday 24 October 2025

Djerriwarrh actively encourages applications from Aboriginal peoples, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, gender and sexually diverse people and people with a disability.