Early Childhood Inclusion Consultant
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as an Early Childhood Inclusion Consultant.
The successful applicant will work closely with early childhood educators in State Government funded 3- and 4-year-old Kindergarten programs to enhance their capacity and confidence to provide an inclusive program that is considerate to the needs of all children.
Main Responsibilities
* Consultancy Supports: Provide a variety of consultancy supports, information, and resources to early childhood educators to inform inclusive programs for children within the kindergarten environment.
* Referral Pathways: Identify referral pathways and link families to a range of child and family supports, including more specialised assessments and services when necessary.
* Confidence Building: Support educators' confidence and capacity to build relationships with families and navigate difficult conversations about children's learning and development.
* Professional Partnerships: Build professional partnerships and collaborative relationships with kindergarten educators and other relevant professionals.
* Program Promotion: Actively promote the PSFO program to funded kindergarten programs, families, within appropriate networks and to relevant services to work towards funding targets.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have the following qualifications and experience:
* Tertiary degree in early childhood education.
* Demonstrated understanding of and experience in implementing inclusive environments within early childhood programs.
* Highly established skills in coaching, mentoring, and developing collaborative partnerships with early childhood educators, professionals, and families.
* Demonstrated ability to independently manage caseload with highly developed assessment and referral skills including knowledge of referral pathways and local community supports to assist the inclusion of children in state funded kindergarten programs.
* Current Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration or Current Working with Children Check.
Culture and Values
Melton City Council is committed to being a vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community.
We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:
* Motivate
* Empower
* Lead
* Trust
* Open
* Nurture
There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
* 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*