• Part time position (3 days per week) | Maximum term to January 2025 (Parental Leave Cover)
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
• Based across Inner Gippsland (Morwell / Warragul)

Your new role

As a Bush Link Worker, you will work together with families to strengthen relationships, enhance parenting skills, improve children’s wellbeing and increase participation in local communities. The Bush Link Worker will provide services in a way that promotes human dignity and creates conditions of social justice and equity.

About your team / About the program

The Bush Link Program provides a mobile service to families living in rural, remote and geographically and/or socially isolated areas. The Program delivers a range of early learning sessions and support, including vacation care, playgroups, on-farm care, parenting support, toy libraries and parent resource libraries. The Program aims to improve access to appropriate quality children’s and family services to facilitate better support and access for families living in an area or situation that make access difficult.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary (SCHADS Level 4) + super, you can access the following.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops. 

Your skills and experience

You will meet the person specification in the position description, including having qualifications (or equivalent experience) in early childhood education and care or community services.

You will also have:

• Demonstrated experience in supporting and actively engaging children and families
• Demonstrated knowledge of child development – ages and stages
• An understanding of occupational health and safety risks relevant to a remote service
• Proven ability to work autonomously in a self-managing team
• Capacity to work flexibly and innovatively to meet the needs of families, children and young people
• Current first aid and CPR certificates

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, reach out to Toni Mackay – Senior Manager, Child Youth & Families on 0428 157 452 for a chat.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.