Paw Pals Program Facilitator

6 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mackillop Family Services Full time

Our Paw Pals program, delivered by trained facilitators alongside our trained therapy dogs, offers a planned and structured Animal Assisted Educational (AAE) intervention with specific academic and educational goals.

This position is situated within the MacKillop Education and Engagement Team. This outreach role is primarily connected to our Maidstone school campus.

**This is a permanent part-time opportunity based in Maidstone. The position will report to the Paw Pals Program Coordinator.**

**Key selection criteria**

The incumbent will have:

- A knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people and their families.
- Experience working with a therapy dog, preferably in an educational setting.
- Relevant qualification and experience in working with animal assisted therapies, as well as owning a qualified therapy dog with current certification and the capacity to undertake direct work with students.
- Experience working with children and young people who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education and an understanding of how trauma impacts on learning.
- Passion for supporting the holistic development of students through animal-assisted interventions.
- Strong understanding of social and emotional learning principles.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with staff teams and other stakeholders
- Ability to work independently, to take initiative and a capacity for effective decision-making
- A demonstrated ability to manage and prioritise a range of tasks, plan workloads and work to deadlines
- An understanding and commitment to the objectives and values of the organisation and a capacity to represent MacKillop views as required by the role

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Our offer:

- Generous Salary Packaging - helps increase your take home pay
- Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
- Employee Assistance Program - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
- Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

You must have a:

- Valid and current Driver's Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;

Our Commitment:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person's ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

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