Pregnancy Family Conferencing Program Facilitator

Employment Type:Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Social Worker or Counsellor - Level 3
Remuneration:$121,568.00 - $125,507.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours Per Week:up to 24
Requisition ID:REQ696634
Location: Wagga Wagga

Are you a talented Clinician looking to make a significant impact within regional communities?

About the role:

Pregnancy Family Conferencing (PFC) uses family meetings with an independent facilitator to promote early engagement and interagency planning with pregnant women and families at risk of their newborns entering out of home care at birth.

The program utilises a strengths-based model which promotes a participatory and transparent process for parents and families. The Pregnancy Family Conferencing Facilitator is the primary facilitator of the Pregnancy Family Conferencing program across Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD). The role is responsible for facilitating Pregnancy Family Conferencing meetings for expectant parents referred into the program and includes:

Working directly with the family and agencies to schedule and facilitate Pregnancy Family Conferences.

Developing and fostering strong interagency partnerships to sustain and further develop the program.

Participating in ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation of the program.

The role will also provide psychosocial clinical consultation and advice support to child and family health nurses working with children and families in the first 2000 days of life who have identified psychosocial complexity.

What MLHD offer:

At Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), we offer more than a job - we offer the chance to make a real difference.

Meaningful Impact - Play a vital role in delivering essential health services to our diverse and vibrant regional communities.

Flexible Working Arrangements - Designed to support work-life balance, aligned with NSW Health policy.

Generous Salary Packaging - Access up to $20,600 per annum tax‑free for living expenses, plus the option for novated car leasing.

Professional Development - Take advantage of ongoing learning and career development opportunities.

Health & Wellbeing Support - Benefit from our comprehensive wellness programs for you and your family, including Employee Assistance Programs Fitness Passport and initiatives to support both physical and mental health.

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:

Tertiary qualifications in Social Work or Counselling with eligibility for membership with Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).

Ability to apply and share expert child protection and violence abuse and neglect knowledge with colleagues and other health professionals

Experience and /or the capacity evidenced by knowledge and skills to conduct facilitation of pregnancy family conferencing or other family-based meetings/ interventions attended by a range of professionals and families

High level skills and clinical experience working with families where there are risk of significant harm concerns and understanding of the interrelated dynamics and effects of domestic and family violence, sexual assault, physical abuse and neglect on victims and their children

For role related queries or questions contact Jully-Ann Ndlovu Ntini – Pregnancy Family Conferencing Health Coordinator on JullyAnn.Ndlovu@health.nsw.gov.au for a confidential chat.

MLHD welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.

If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you can access recruitment application support through the Stepping Up initiative.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements is outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.

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