• Part Time or Full Time Ongoing opportunities + Classification dependent on qualification and skills TRP $85,723 – $110,156 pa including super (Pro Rata Part Time) + Salary packaging benefits
• Brimbank/Melton locations + Flexible hybrid working model 
• Contribute to the co-design of Infant Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub delivering meaningful wellbeing coordination service!

We are One Team IPC Health, we are passionate, creative and we make a difference.

We are leaders and changemakers in community health — a team of innovative and passionate health and wellbeing professionals, delivering holistic services through personalised care and empowerment. We support healthy and empowered communities through innovative prevention and care.

The Opportunity

IPC Health have partnered with Western Health and the Royal Children’s Hospital to co-design and lead the Brimbank Melton Infant Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub!

The Hub will provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ supporting infants, children and families, delivering services like psychology and psychiatry, allied health, family supports and paediatric care. People with lived experience will also form an important part of the Hub’s workforce. The service will support children aged 0-11 who are experiencing developmental, behavioural or emotional challenges and their families, and will focus on early intervention and providing age-appropriate care.

Based at a new site in Brimbank or Melton, the Hub will offer a holistic and family centred specialist intake assessment including autism and developmental assessments, helping families identify their needs and access the right services within the Hub, or with partner community health services or family services in the broader service system.

The Hub will not just treat, but also aim to build family capacity and capability!

Wellbeing Coordinators will play an integral part in this Hub delivering family centred, holistic and timely care within a multi-disciplinary team.  

With your clinical expertise and experience in conducting holistic wellbeing assessments, you will engage with families who may be experiencing disadvantage or life challenges to achieve their wellbeing goals. You will be key to supporting families as they access services in the Hub, from entry to exit; care planning, capacity building through a strengths based approach to empower families and safety and risk assessments. With a continuous quality improvement focus, you will be part of the co-design process of the Hub and collaborate with a variety of services to improve social, emotional and physical determinants of health of infants, children and families.

This opportunity is seeking 2FTE Ongoing positions with flexibility to consider Part Time with a minimum 0.4FTE commitment. The role is classified under either enterprise agreement depending on your relevant field and qualification

• Community Health Centre (Stand Alone Services) Social and Community Service Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017.
• Victorian Stand Alone Community Health Centres, Health Professionals Multi-Employer Agreement 2017-2021
• Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024

You will make a difference by

• Delivering holistic family centred care that responds to the changing needs of children and families, empowers families experiencing adversity to recognise their strengths, aspirations and wellbeing goals.
• Facilitate smooth transitions and meaningful connections with other Practitioners that help clients achieve their goals.
• Establishing strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve referral pathways, accessibility and service collaboration.
• Actively participating in the co-design, implementation and scale up of the Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub.

To succeed, you will need

• A tertiary qualification and 4 years’ experience in the following fields: nursing, social work, allied health, counselling, or community development.
• Proven experience and knowledge in applying a strength based approach; effective motivational interviewing and holistic wellbeing assessments with diverse families and disadvantaged communities.
• Demonstrated experience helping families to navigate service systems, while providing support from entry to exit.
• A current and valid Victorian drivers licence and Working with Children’s Check.

What next?

All you need to do is read the role’s Success Profile, submit your resume and answer a couple of questions.

To find out more about the role, please contact – Danielle Barth, Senior Manager Community Care on 0422 320 150.

Applications close 11 October 2022.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected] with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.