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Infant / Early Childhood Practitioners - Ballarat

Child & Family Services Ballarat Inc.
  • Newly created position to provide further support to the team and strengthen our commitment to vulnerable families
  • Part Time 0.8EFT Ongoing positions
  • Level 5 position, base salary of $85,000 with attractive salary packaging options available

Cafs is proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity organisation. We embrace it, value it, celebrate it and support it for the benefit of our employees, our volunteers, our service users and our community. We welcome applications from a range of people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, People with disabilities, LGBTI people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Role overview

In this exciting newly created position you will be focussing on several flexible, wrap around service delivery types that support the ongoing safety, stability and health development of infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers and their families. Encompassing programs such as the PASDS program, Day Stay sessions, Transition to School and short term Family Case Management this role provides a variety of services for our vulnerable families whilst all focussing on the vitally important area of the early childhood years.

This unique position has been created to increase our support for vulnerable infants and young children with the focus on the early years. This is an opportunity to join experienced and likeminded individuals who have a passion for supporting families with infants and young children.

Qualifications

Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Welfare Studies or their equivalent, or other tertiary qualification appropriate to public welfare practice.

About you:

You are an enthusiastic and committed individual with demonstrated skills and experience in early childhood and working collaboratively to achieve positives outcomes. Your highly developed cultural awareness and sensitivity, partnered with excellent communication skills, will enable you to quickly build strong relationships with our clients and key stakeholders. You are not afraid of a challenge and constantly seek to grow and develop.

Further information

For a confidential discussion regarding the position, please call Tania Vincent-Wade, Manager Family Support on (03) 5337 3333.

Application process

To apply for the role please submit your application though the online portal by selecting the “Apply Now” button on our careers webpage.

You will need to prepare a current resume and a cover letter to upload. The cover letter should specify which position you are applying for and a response to each of the following questions:

  • Describe what motivates you to apply for this position?
  • What experience and knowledge of Early Childhood will you bring to the role?
  • How do your personal values align to the Cafs organisational values?

Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Please note all applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and will be subject to a satisfactory Police Check outcome and an employment Working with Children Check.

A position description is attached.

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