Child and Family Coordinator, Alexander Maconochie Centre

• 20 hours Part time hours available.
• SCHADS Grade 3.1, $36.00 per hour. 
• ACT Location

Your New Role

To support children, young people and families impacted by parental incarceration by providing programs and activities, information, referral services and advocacy.

• Plan and implement the programs including Child and Parent days, Playgroup, Parenting programs, Prison In-visits, Storytime, and the supported visits program, ensuring they meet the needs of children visiting the Correctional Centre, ensuring they are implemented in an age appropriate, culturally competent and safe manner. 
• Ensure necessary resources are available for the smooth running of the programs.
• Promote a caring, positive and nonjudgmental environment for children where they are the priority and where they, and their families, are treated with dignity and respect.
• Promote the safety and wellbeing of children using the service as well as staff. 
• Maintain an open, warm and professional relationship with parents in custody and families and carers on the outside.
• Please note this position involves work inside a Correctional Centre environment.

SHINE for Kids takes our commitment and responsibility to safeguarding children and young people seriously by offering a supportive environment that is caring, safe, nurturing, free from bullying, abuse, exploitation, and neglect.

What SHINE for Kids offers you?

• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year)
• Paid parental leave.
• Quarterly wellbeing days
• Gifted leave at Christmas 
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service

Experience Required/ Skills

• Qualifications in either Early Childhood, Adult Education or Human Services preferable (Children, Social Work, Community Welfare etc)
• Current First Aid Certificate
• Current Working with Vulneralbe Children Check essential
• The capacity to receive clearance via a criminal record check.
• Current driver’s licence