City of Greater Geelong Hiring for CALD Outreach Worker Job at Geelong Full Time

Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we have built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply – we’d love to meet you!

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

About the role
In this newly created 24 month role, you will engage with vulnerable Cultural & Linguistically Diverse (CALD) families across the municipality to maximise attendance at kindergartens. You will build partnerships with community service organisations (including those delivering migrant and refugee settlement services) and provide advice and outreach support to Early Childhood Educators and Teachers, to build their capacity to engage CALD families at their services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support Cultural & Linguistically Diverse (CALD) families to make the transition into kindergarten and following their kindergarten years into primary school;
• Develop, design and implement high quality, evidence-based activities to support CALD children’s attendance at kindergarten;
• Advocate strongly for CALD families to have a seamless transition into kindergarten and primary school;
• Build and maintain relationships with both local ECEC educators and Early Childhood Teachers and staff in the primary school sector; and
• Develop relationships with community service providers, who work with refugees, asylum seekers and CALD families, in order to support inclusion into kindergarten and transition to primary school.

About you
To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience working in an Early Years Education or Community Development setting. You will be confident in liasing with a diverse range of people, with high levels of respect, empathy and integrity and have a professional approach to your work.

Essential Experience:

• Experience, knowledge and understanding in supporting the planning and evaluating of inclusive early childhood programs
• Experience in utilising a strength based, people centred approach to working with children and families from a CALD background
• Ability to liaise, persuade and negotiate with a range of people and organisations to build relationships and working partnerships
• Fluency in a language other than English and experience working in kindergarten/childcare centres would be advantageous.
• Tertiary qualifications in Early Childhood Education, Community Development or a Social Services field

The health and safety of our people is our highest priority. It is our current policy to ask for your COVID-19 vaccination status. You have the right not to disclose your vaccination status, and successful candidates who are not vaccinated or do not want to disclose will go through a simple risk assessment process.

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!

A career with us
With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees have moved to our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

• flexible work arrangements including RDO options in specified work areas
• salary sacrificing and novated lease options
• cultural and ceremonial leave
• study leave
• paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
• IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
• training and career development opportunities
• a healthy and safe environment
• our employee wellbeing program
• corporate membership rates for health insurance
• corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities

Applications and Enquiries

Enquiries: Julie Brooks – Coordinator Family Services Development | 0466 947433 | [email protected]

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at [email protected] au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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