Family Connector - Early Years Partnership

Do you want to make a difference? Then apply for our Family Connector position, a role created as part of the Armadale West Early Years Community Plan. You’ll work alongside vulnerable families in the Armadale West community to improve child development outcomes and school readiness, increase collaboration between early years services and programs, and help reduce barriers for parents in the early years system.

54 reasons is Australia’s leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.    

A place where your purpose matters. 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, advocating with them so that children develop, learn, and are connected, safe and confident. Our people are proudly local, reflective of the communities we serve - in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities. 

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation– yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.  

A place to make a difference:  

In this full time (or part-time, minimum 3 days per week) maximum-term (through to June 2025) role, you’ll individually support vulnerable families in the Armadale West area to access services they need to ensure their children thrive. As part of our Early Years team, you’ll report to our Team Leader.

You will make a difference by:

• Engaging with families of young children identified as vulnerable by the Armadale West Early Years Partnership local working group
• Connect families with early years services and program
• Connect and support families to access services to meet their needs
• Manage and build relationship with key stakeholders
• Contribute to local strategy to improve early years’ service provision and collaboration in the area.

A place to feel valued:

You are a creative and out of the box thinker who inspires and mobilises people into action, builds partnerships and is solutions focused.  The Family Connector role spans from a one-off provision of information or connections, through to working with families individually to ensure they get the support they require to address needs.

Bringing your best every day, means:

• Demonstrated experience establishing and maintaining trust with vulnerable families using strengths based, trauma informed, family centred engagement approaches
• Knowledge and understanding of the circumstances experienced by families with complex needs and the range of risk and protective factors which impact on life outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to effectively establish and maintain strong working relationships with a variety of key stakeholders, including government agencies
• Creativity and out of the box thinking that inspires and mobilises people into action, builds partnerships and is solutions focused

A place to belong:  

54 reasons is proudly part of Save the Children Australia. We are a learning organisation that invests in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 1100 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:  

• Award rate salary (SCHADS Level 4) plus access to full PBI salary packaging benefits - use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you
• Supportive Managers – we provide professional supervision training and monthly supervision sessions so you can feel supported and build a career at Save
• Internal employment and development opportunities  
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program  
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We’ve established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Committee).  
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.  

Does this sound like the place for you?  

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.  

Applications Close: Sunday 6^th October 2024.

Position Description: Family Support Specialist (Family Connector) – EYP. Please note that the role is classified internally as a Family Support Specialist.

For more information about the program that the role works in, see our Program Profile. For any queries about this position, please contact Ruth Moore on 0418 274 636 or ruth.moore@54reasons.org.au. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.  

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. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.  

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.