Role: SocialProgram Assistant
Start Date Immediately
Commitment: Casual (on-going)
Location: Marangaroo
Shift: Saturdays fortnightly 12:45pm to 4:15pm.
Role Purpose
We are seeking a passionate program assistant with strong qualities of leadership and communication to join our diverse team. Social Program Assistants hold responsibility for supporting the strengths-based delivery of social programs by assisting facilitators with program preparation, participant engagement, and routine tasks. This entry-level role is designed to provide on-the-job learning and contribute to a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for autistic participants.
Desirable Skills and Experience
Individual Core Accountabilities
Program Assistance
• Assist with setting up and packing down program materials and spaces, including cleaning.
• Welcome participants and support their comfort and inclusion in activities.
• Support the facilitator during individual and group activities (e.g. helping with transitions, modelling positive behaviour, encouraging engagement).
• Complete other routine tasks such as assisting in general program activities as arranged by the Facilitator, food preparation and providing 1:1 participant support.
Participant Support
• Follow individual support strategies and routines as directed, building rapport with and among participants.
• Encourage participants to interact with one another and participate in activities.
• Demonstrate patience and care in all participant interactions, following participant needs assessments and other support plans.
• Contribute to a safe, respectful and neurodiversity-affirming environment
Monitoring and Reporting
• Observe and report on participant engagement and escalate any concerns to the Facilitator.
• Support the Facilitator in the undertaking of basic administrative tasks including the recording of Case Notes for the session as delegated.
Team Collaboration
• Attend team briefings, debriefings, and training as required.
• Work respectfully with participants, their families and other team members.
• Receive instruction, guidance and feedback from Program Facilitator to support familiarisation with Spectrum Space Social Programs.
Safety & Wellbeing
• Support participants to regulate and promote well-being and dignity.
• Follow Facilitator direction in the event a participant becomes dysregulated (e.g. working with the participant 1:1 to support their regulation or supporting the other participants present).
• Follow internal risk management policies and procedures, while also aligning with current best practice guidelines within the sector as well as the NDIS Code of Conduct and National Principles for Child Safety.
After submitting your application, you will receive an email with a set of screening questions. Please provide answers to these questions at your earliest convenience so hat your application can progress.
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Spectrum Space is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in all its forms and actively welcome neurodivergent team members. Inclusion is at the heart of what we do, and we strive to create a workplace where everyone’s strengths are recognised and respected.
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After submitting your application, you will receive an email with a set of screening questions. Please provide answers to these questions at your earliest convenience so that your application can progress. Please note that applications that have not included answers to the screening questions will not progress further.
If you are also interested in volunteer opportunities with our social programs, please submit an EOI at https://www.spectrumspace.org.au/volunteer/
It's a great way to get involved with our community, gain new skills and make some great connections!
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
