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Join our Extended Family … and make a real and lasting difference for children and young adults with a disability and their family.

We are continuing to grow our range of inclusion support, support coordination and other services. Please refer below for current vacancies. 

Note all staff require a current satisfactory Police Check, a current employee Working with Children Check and must satisfactorily pass the Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme Check.

Why work at Extended Families?

Here are a few of the reasons we think you might like to join us:

• A committed and genuine team with a shared vision to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people with a disability and their families and make a real difference in our community.
• A high level of job satisfaction, based on a positive work culture of collaboration, relationships and teamwork.
• A long and effective history in disability support and community inclusion, with well developed policies, procedures and practice guidelines.
• An e-learning system to support your orientation and ongoing development.
• Support and supervision is valued and ongoing professional development opportunities provided.
•  Staff are respected and their input and contribution to service operation and development valued, leading to a flexible and creative approach to service delivery.
• A flexible work environment to promote work life balance, with an effective ‘time in leiu’ system.  
• Salary packaging up to the legal limit for staff (except casuals).
• Award rates and a focus on opportunities for career development for our staff.

Current Employment Opportunities

Support Coordinator (Melbourne Metero)

Support Coordinators help people with a disability and their families plan, connect to services, overcome barriers and achieve their goals. With growing demand for our services, we are seeking a Support Coordinator to join our Box Hill team. 

About you:

- Experience in family case work or case management

- Qualification in Social Work or equivalent

- A holistic practice orientation and an understanding of the various issues that may impact on a family such as mental health, child protection, relationship and socio-economic issues

- Excellent communication, organisation, flexibility and empathy and ability to engage with families

- Strong administration and computer skills

- Ability to support children and young people with a disability and their families

- Culturally sensitive

- Skills and experienced in mental health support (preferred) 

See our Position Description below for the full list of duties and selection criteria.

Position Description - Support Coordinator

 

INCLUSION SUPPORT WORKERS (Melbourne Metro)

We are looking for motivated, professional and engaging people to support children and young adults with a disability.

If you are wanting to build on your planning, skill-building, positive behaviour support and motivational skills to support children and young adults achieve their life-skills goals, then we encourage you to apply. Experience is not necessary, rather the right attitude, willingness to learn, and an ability to be reflective in your practice.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students who are studying Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Education, Youth Work, Speech Pathology or Health Science, to gain on-the-job work experience.

See the position description below for more information about this casual role. 

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Position Description – Inclusion Support Worker

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