About Children"s Ground

Children's Ground is a First Nations organisation. The Children's Ground Approach is designed and delivered through the leadership of First Nations people. We are committed to systems change to ensure dignity, justice and equity for all children and families. Our work focuses on national reform as well as evidencing a new way of working.

The Children's Ground Approach is a whole of community, whole of life approach. We privilege First Nations knowledge systems and practice. Over the course of a generation, led by local expertise, we create and deliver an integrated system that is centred on learning, development and wellbeing that responds to the child and their family through the key transition points from pre-birth to young adulthood.

Our approach recognises the cultural, social, and economic strength of our communities. We build on this over a generation to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren that gives them freedom, opportunity and rights to their culture and identity.

Children's Ground operates in Central Australia and across the Top End, with support provided by a Melbourne-based Shared Services team.

About you

We are seeking a Degree qualified person with experience in Health Promotion, Maternal Child Health or Social Work. A strong understanding &/or experience working with First Nations communities is sought along with knowledge of key issues facing First Nations people. We need an excellent communicator who can collaborate and work as part of a team. A current drivers license is essential and successful candidate needs to be prepared to obtain a NT OCHRE/Working with Children clearance and a Police/Security Clearance.

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About the role

This is a 6 month part-time contract 0.6/3 days per week. The Family Support Practitioner - Maternal & Child Health (MCH) will be responsible for providing education, support and access to healthcare with families who are expecting a child or who have recently given birth and have children under the age of 2 years. The MCH Program provides family support, early intervention and health promotion. This position will focus on mothers and babies from 0 - 2 years, both ante and post natal, nutrition, social/emotional wellbeing and child developmental milestones - both Cultural and Western. The role will join a small MCH team made up of a midwife, a First Nations Health Practitioner and a MCH Resource Development Officer, supported by Cultural Elders within a broader Health Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver the Children"s Ground Family Health and Wellbeing Framework - Health in the Hands of the People - to improve health outcomes for community
• Family support - Maternal and Child Health
• Meet regularly with families to develop and improve access to a system of supports for healthy pregnancies and childhood development
• Facilitate sexual health discussions (where appropriate) with young people
• Support the creation of resources focussed on maternal and childhood health and wellbeing across the region
• Work closely with Learning team to support the integration of maternal and child health and wellbeing into daily learning and development initiatives across Children"s Ground
• Data evaluation, monitoring and data systems management, ensuring user data is recorded
• Maintain confidential and up to date files
• Prepare reports as requested for funding purposes
• Develop professional, trusting and respectful relationships with people in the region

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