Enhanced Parenting Practitioner

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Join Hume City Council as an Enhanced Parenting Practitioner within the Family, Youth & Children team, a full-time onsite role in Craigieburn with a salary of around $83,714 per annum plus super. You’ll deliver intensive one-on-one support and group sessions under the EMCH program, collaborate with Maternal and Child Health Nurses, run the Babies in Hume group, and connect families to timely services. Key strengths include a strength-based approach to case management, the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and clear communication across diverse communities with precise CDIS documentation. Requirements: relevant tertiary qualification in social science or early years and experience with families. Tips: tailor your resume to highlight goals achieved, group facilitation, and familiarity with MCH and EMCH guidelines; show outreach readiness and plan for background checks; apply early.

Job Description

• Permanent Part Time
• $83,714.28 per annum plus Superannuation
• Join the Family, Youth & Children team

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

The Parenting Practitioner Team forms part of the Enhanced Maternal Child Health (EMCH) program as part of Victoria’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Service. The EMCH program offers flexible actions and interventions to families who would benefit from targeted support.

Enhanced Parenting Practitioners (EPP’s) are responsible for supporting strength-based relationships with families while working closely with other agencies to improve family functioning and parenting capacity in outreach and group settings. EPP’s deliver the Babies in Hume new parents' group as a function of the Universal MCH Service.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work collaboratively within the Enhanced Maternal and Child Health Teams to facilitate additional support for families referred into the service to empower families and increase parenting capacity in line with relevant MCH and EMCH guidelines.
• Liaise with Maternal and Child Health Nurses regarding the ongoing support of referred families.
• Actively participate in regular meetings with the Enhanced Maternal and Child Health Team for both intake, case management and team meetings and clinical supervision.
• Provide intensive one-on-one support to referred families to build their parenting capacity by identifying their strengths and setting achievable goals in a variety of formats, including home visiting and group environment.
• Effectively support individual families and facilitate relevant groups in relation to family and parenting.
• Support child health, wellbeing, safety, learning and development by ensuring appropriate timely referrals and linkages with other services to support the family unit are made, including Supported playgroup and Early Start Kinder, Access to Early Learning and Preschool Field Officers.
• Plan and provide current evidence-based information and educational programs for groups, within Maternal and Child Health and Department of Health guidelines and funding.
• Ensure that appropriate and required documentation of all consultations with families is completed according to the Maternal and Child Health guidelines on the CDIS database program.
• Contribute to and assist with the preparation of reports within set timelines as required.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Skills in managing own time, setting priorities, planning and organising workloads within Enhanced Maternal and Child Health services.
• Ability to support families to achieve set goals within case management, using a strength-based approach, group facilitation and to contribute to Enhanced Maternal and Child Health reports.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as a team member and show high levels of initiative.
• Ability to identify family needs and expectations and to make appropriate decisions (with support from colleagues).
• Ability to work cooperatively as a team member and to contribute to Team cohesion and effectiveness.
• Demonstrate well developed verbal and written communication skills with team members and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with difficult situations, resolve problems and present a professional positive Council image.

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in social science, or early years services.
• Relevant experience in working with families and young children and facilitating parenting programs.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

For any queries, please contact us at [email protected].

Applications will be reviewed progressively throughout the advertising period. This role may close once a sufficient number of suitable applicants has been received. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as early as possible.

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