HIPPY Mentor

This role is open to HIPPY participants only

• Casual
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live.

Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
HIPPY Australia - auspiced by Brotherhood of St Laurence - is one of the largest early learning networks in Australia and worldwide. Cohealth has a Sublicense and Funding Agreement with the Brotherhood of St Laurence to delivery HIPPY Braybrook.

The HIPPY Mentor is employed to provide peer support and deliver HIPPY to families through practicing activities with them. HIPPY Braybrook is coordinated and supervised by a HIPPY Coordinator who trains and supervises the HIPPY Mentors.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Visit up to 15 families fortnightly in the first year, and weekly in the second year, to practice and deliver HIPPY
• Roleplay activities with Parent/Carer during scheduled visits
• Participate in fortnightly (then weekly, in the second year) training and regular staff meetings
• Role model expected group etiquette and positive engagement to Parents/Carers and children

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
• cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
• Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs

We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Be a current HIPPY Parent/Carer, or has completed the program in the last 12 months
• Interest and enthusiasm in supporting other families
• Have good oral and written communication skills that will support program delivery

Application Process
Interested in this position, then Click on apply now. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

This campaign will close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Susan Hendra Susan.Hendra@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses).
Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.