Child & Family Support Worker

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Australia.

📋 Description

• Assist in fostering early childhood development, enhancing parenting resilience, and providing mobile services to communities.

• Design and execute programs aimed at strengthening family bonds, as well as implementing early intervention and prevention initiatives.

• Promote and support increased participation from First Nations and multicultural communities, enhancing family dynamics.

• Offer information, guidance, and referral pathways to families and individuals.

• Raise awareness regarding children's wellbeing while adopting a holistic approach to early childhood education, aligning family and child support to nurture children and adequately prepare them for learning and life.

• Recognize that the role is primarily conducted in remote areas, resulting in roughly 60% of work hours dedicated to travel and overnight stays in communities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Tertiary Qualification or progression towards a Diploma or higher in Children’s Services, Counselling, Community Services, or a related field.

• A highly motivated and energetic individual with proven experience working with young children and their development, as well as supporting families and communities.

• A current Queensland driver’s license.

• A Blue Card.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.

• NFP Salary Packaging: Reduce your tax burden and enhance your take-home pay by salary packaging everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) annually.

• Access to a recognition and rewards platform that offers employee discounts at numerous retailers, covering everyday expenses, vacations, health insurance, annual awards celebrations, and wellbeing and employee assistance programs.

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave and 2 weeks of paid partner leave available after 6 months of service, in addition to the government scheme.

• Diversity and inclusive leave options, providing paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave for celebrations such as Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks, and other significant cultural events.

• Opportunities for career development to challenge yourself, grow, and make a meaningful impact.

• A positive and inclusive team culture founded on respect, shared values, strong ethics, and a commitment to serving others.