We’re seeking a Young Parents Facilitator who believes in the strengths of young parents and is passionate about walking alongside them to connect, grow, and thrive.
Employee benefits
- Above Award Salary – minimum $100,941.75
- Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing of up to $15,899 per FBT year
- Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations)
- Excellent learning & development opportunities
- Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional wellbeing
- 11 Wellbeing Days to support worker wellbeing (pro-rata for part-time employees), in addition to Annual Leave
- Additional Public Holiday Day at Easter (Tuesday)
About the role
As our Young Parents Facilitator, you will lead a dynamic and responsive program that supports young people aged 15–25 who are pregnant or parenting and experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Grounded in an advantaged-thinking approach, this role focuses on recognising strengths, building capability, and creating pathways for young parents and their children to thrive.
You will work directly with young parents to build trust, confidence, and connection, providing practical outreach, facilitating life skill development, and supporting access to services that can often feel out of reach. This includes strengthening engagement with health, education, and community supports, while also creating opportunities for social connection and belonging.
Operating as a sole facilitator within the program, you will take ownership of both delivery and development, designing flexible, innovative responses that meet young people where they are at.
You will actively build and maintain strong partnerships across housing, health, education, and community sectors, positioning the program as a key support within the broader service system.
This part-time (0.6EFT) ongoing role is ideal for someone who thrives in autonomous work, values deep relational practice, and is motivated by creating meaningful, long-term change. You will play a critical role in advocating for young parents, strengthening their pathways to independence, and contributing to a service system that is more accessible, inclusive, and responsive.
Do your skills include…
- An ability to engage, and support young people from diverse backgrounds to work towards improved outcomes and opportunities and social connections
- A sound understanding of the impact of homelessness on the developmental, emotional and psychological needs of children
- Demonstrated experience with developing and delivering appropriate group work activities to support parenting needs and skills of young parents.
- Demonstrated ability to make timely, informed casework decisions and assessments that recognise and respond to the strengths, needs, and circumstances of children and young people
Qualifications / Credentials
- A minimum qualification of a sector recognised and accredited Bachelor of Social Work or Diploma in Community Welfare Work or equivalent. (Qualifications must be approved by recognised professional bodies: ie. AASW, Community Services Council, APS etc.) ; and
- A current Drivers Licence.
About Brophy:
Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the south-west Victorian community for more than 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.
At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 170 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.
At Brophy our vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.
Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:
Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.
Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.
Please contact Peter Hill – Operations Manager, Youth Services on 03 5561 8888 with any further questions.
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
We’re excited to hear from interested candidates and will be reviewing applications as they arrive. To give yourself the best opportunity, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as suitable applicants may be invited to interview or offered the role during the recruitment process.
Please note that we are only able to consider candidates who have the right to work in Australia, and we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
