Description:
Are you passionate about supporting children and their families? Do you have skills and experience with building capacity of parents and carers and improving wellbeing? Join our small and dedicated team and work with families directly to help children reach their potential.
54 reasons is Australia’s leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.
Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we’re here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.
With the child’s voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.
A place to make a difference:
In this part time, maximum term position (22.8 hours per week over 3 days, through to 30th June 2026) you’ll be part of our Two Wells Parenting Support Team and deliver Play2Learn playgroups and the Bringing up Great Kids parenting program, to promote positive approaches to parenting and family wellbeing. You’ll engage with the local community and work in partnership with other agencies. You will be part of a small supportive team, and report to our Team Leader.
You will make an impact by:
- Providing community-based group and casework support with families
- Building connections with people from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds
- Actively encouraging families to engage with our programs and other services
- Working collaboratively with program partners
- Collecting and entering client data and case notes
A place to feel valued:
You’re truly passionate about standing up for children, and you have experience in family support and early intervention and are looking to develop your skills. You enjoy being out in the community and thrive on meeting new people and building relationships. Importantly, you have strong cultural knowledge which helps you to engage with families and promote family wellbeing.
This role requires:
- Experience in community-based and outreach family casework
- Qualification in a relevant field (Diploma as minimum, or significant equivalent experience)
- Bringing up Great Kids Facilitation Training (or willingness to obtain)
- Highly developed relationship building and interpersonal skills
- Strong data collection and case noting skills
- Experience working with families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), Indigenous or low socio-economic backgrounds, young parents, and socially or geographically isolated families
We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse candidates to apply.
A place to belong:
At 54 reasons, we invest in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 600 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.
It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:
- Generous award rate salary (SCHADS Level 4.1, currently $43.08 per hour and due to increase in July) plus super and full salary packaging benefits – use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!
- Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum
- Supportive Managers – we provide professional supervision training and monthly supervision sessions so you can feel supported and build a career
- Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
- Internal deployment and secondment opportunities, and opportunities to progress within one of Australia’s largest non-profits
For more information regarding the employee benefits of the Save the Children Australia group, please follow this link.
Does this sound like the place for you?
We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on one of the buttons in the ‘Apply’ section.
Position Description: Family Support Specialist Two Wells
For more information about the team and the program that the role works in, see our Program Profile. For any queries about this position, please contact Carole Carmichael on carole.carmichael@54reasons.org.au. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.
Applications close: Thursday 1st May 2025. Please note applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in, so don’t delay in applying!
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.
Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.
If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.