Are you someone who is energised by working with young parents to continue to build and support them and their children to connect and build their own village of support people? Our young parents tell us that building connections is life changing. As one young mother said, “I’m so glad that I’ve found these groups. I feel like I’ve found my people.” We are looking for a Connections Coordinator to continue to build on existing connection activities and elevate the voices of Young Parents in the Logan community. If you are enthusiastic and strategic about backing young parents to create support networks that work for them, this could be the job for you. We are looking for a worker with significant experience working with young people (ideally young parents) and a strong understanding of peer support development, client voice, safe and healthy relationships and early childhood development. If you’re interested in designing responses that are strongly based on what young parents are interested in, and finding customised ways to meet the needs of Logan young parents, we’d like to hear from you. You’ll be part of an integrated team that incorporates Family Resource Practitioners, a Housing Specialist and an Education and Employment Mentor, all focused on backing young families to thrive. This will be a varied role, including facilitating purposeful group activities, fostering relationships between parents, and helping our staff find innovative ways to build families’ connections. YFS is a leader in Youth Services in the Logan, Redlands and surrounding areas. Our integrated approach is designed to deliver better outcomes for our young people. In this role, you will collaborate with other teams across our range of services including alcohol and other drugs services, transition from care programs, youth justice, housing and legal services. This also means there are great opportunities to develop your skills and career. Role location:      Slacks Creek Role type:            Full time – 76hrs per fortnight Pay range:           $49.28 to $50.34 an hour based on experience, with salary packaging exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax available In this role you will: Plan and facilitate peer activities such as the young parent’s squads and playgroup. Identifying the needs of the cohort and ensuring current peer activities respond and build on these needs Identify needs for peer support and existing opportunities to meet those needs within the Step-by-Step program, the organisation, the broader community and cultural groups. This will include having oversight if the Young Parent in Logan social media to promote all young parents’ activities and resources Develop the structures and processes required to implement various modes of peer support within the program, supporting program staff in understanding and integrating peer support within their practice Overseeing all peer activities being facilitated by the Step-by-Step team, ensuring a consistent approach across all groups Building relationships within the wider community and advocating and collaborating of young parent peer activities Understanding the importance of lived experience and collaborating with young parents to ensure that their voices are embedded into the program Identify new opportunities for providing peer support, and support implementation of team-based activities Integrate peer support within the program, including with the specialist focus areas such as therapeutic intervention, safe relationships, and employment and education Provide training and support to young people who are mentoring, educating, supporting and/or leading their peers Contribute to the review and evaluation of the modes of peer support including collecting data on informal activities connecting peers Contribute to the understanding and development of peer support across YFS Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related role description available from https://www.yfs.org.au/work-for-us/, you’ll be a great fit if: You are caring, kind, organised, flexible and creative You have experience working with psychosocial complexities and finding solutions You can liaise effectively with professionals and non-professionals You understand pregnancy, birth and children and the importance of a safe start The post Connection Coordinator – Young Parents appeared first on Indigenous Employment Australia | Indigenous Jobs and Opportunities.