Company Description
atWork Australia are a leading Employment Services Provider, we are proud to have strong partnerships with employers to help drive employment opportunities for all Australians.
atWork Australia has been helping parents with young children to prepare and move into work once their children are at school through the ParentsNext Program.
This will be **a full time role working 5 days per week**
- At the heart of what we do is the belief that employment transforms lives,_ not only the lives of individuals, also the lives of their family and friends and the communities they live in. This belief governs all that we do, and how we do it.
**Job Description**:
The ParentsNext Job Coach will provide tailored early intervention assistance to parents with young children by helping parents to identify their education and employments goals and to refer them to local activities and service providers to help them to achieve their goals
**Key duties;**
- Working closely with Parents to develop tailored assistance plans which identify employment and education goals while taking into consideration caring responsibilities, barriers and family circumstances;
- Assist in identifying and planning activities to progress their goals;
- Maintain regular contact with participants to ensure engagement and updates to plans;
- Identify and refer participants to relevant service providers where service gaps are identified;
- Provide advice and effective and tailored use of the participation fund where applicable.
**Qualifications**:
You will be experienced managing a caseload of participants, keen to challenge your skills and drive a new service along with;
- Experience working with parents or families - highly regarded;
- Experience in providing support, information and referrals to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;
- Knowledge of labour market and education trends;
- Ability to build rapport and network with key stakeholders;
- Demonstrated experience in providing casework, referral and assessment and information services;
- Highly organised, results driven and ability to work autonomously and
- Current drivers' licence and ability to travel throughout the South Metro if required.
Additional Information
atWork Australia are committed to our employees, working for atWork Australia not only offers you a very rewarding career, but we also offer:
- Career development and progression opportunities Nationally;
- Career development and progression opportunities across the Work Health Group;
- Partake in our incentive and rewards program for meeting and exceeding KPI's;
- Discounted Health Insurance;
- Road side assistance and;
- Supportive friendly environment
**You are welcome here.**
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team. When you join MedHealth, we want you to bring your whole self to work - and we value your unique contribution.