Enhanced Parenting Practitioner

Role overview

Hume City Council is hiring a Permanent Part Time Enhanced Parenting Practitioner to join its Family, Youth & Children team in Craigieburn, Victoria. The position offers an annual salary of $83,714.28 plus superannuation.

The Parenting Practitioner Team sits within the Enhanced Maternal Child Health (EMCH) program, which is part of Victoria’s Maternal and Child Health Service. This program is designed to provide tailored interventions and flexible support for families who would benefit from additional assistance.

In this role, you will help build respectful, strengths-based relationships with families and work alongside other agencies to improve family functioning and parenting capability through outreach and group-based work. You will also deliver the Babies in Hume new parents' group as part of the Universal Maternal and Child Health Service.

What you will do

• Partner with the Enhanced Maternal and Child Health teams to coordinate extra support for referred families, helping them strengthen parenting capacity in line with relevant MCH and EMCH guidelines.
• Work with Maternal and Child Health Nurses to support the ongoing needs of families referred into the service.
• Take part in intake, case management, team meetings, and clinical supervision on a regular basis.
• Provide intensive individual support to families in different settings, including home visits and group environments, by identifying strengths and setting realistic goals.
• Support families directly and facilitate parenting and family-focused groups.
• Help improve child health, wellbeing, safety, learning, and development by connecting families with suitable services such as Supported Playgroup, Early Start Kinder, Access to Early Learning, and Preschool Field Officers.
• Prepare and deliver up-to-date, evidence-based information and education sessions for groups in line with Maternal and Child Health and Department of Health requirements and funding.
• Record all family consultations accurately and in a timely way on the CDIS database, following Maternal and Child Health documentation standards.
• Assist with reports and related preparation within required deadlines.

Skills and experience

• Strong time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and organise workloads within Enhanced Maternal and Child Health services.
• Ability to support families toward agreed outcomes through case management, a strengths-based approach, group facilitation, and report contribution.
• Capability to work both independently and as part of a team, with a high level of initiative.
• Sound judgement in identifying family needs and expectations and making appropriate decisions with support from colleagues.
• Collaborative approach that contributes to team cohesion and overall effectiveness.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills for working with families and colleagues from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.
• Ability to manage challenging situations, solve problems, and maintain a professional and positive image for Council.

Qualifications and experience required

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in social science or early years services.
• Prior experience working with families and young children, including the facilitation of parenting programs.

Why this role stands out

Hume City Council describes itself as one of Australia’s fastest growing and most culturally diverse local governments, with a strong focus on community service, accessibility, and inclusion. The organisation offers a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive workplace.

The Council is a child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. It welcomes applications from people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Additional information

• Applicants must complete background and probity checks, including reference checks, a Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.
• Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis during the advertising period, and the role may close once enough suitable applications have been received.
• Early applications are encouraged to improve the chance of being considered.
• For queries, contact careers@hume.vic.gov.au.
• Position description available.