22/07/2025
🌱 We're Hiring – 2 Family Engagement and Support Educators (Casual)
📍 Adelaide, South Australia
🕐 Up to 25 hours per week | Immediate Start
📅 Applications close: 5 August 2025
At Little Petal, we do things differently. We walk alongside families in their homes and communities to help them thrive—not just survive. We’re a passionate and dedicated team with a bold vision: to build safer, stronger families by delivering holistic, trauma-informed, and disability-informed supports across a range of programs that truly meet people where they are.
Due to growing demand, we’re looking for two new Family Engagement and Support Educators to join our team immediately. This role is part of our Family Engagement and Support Educator Program, which provides layered and responsive support to families navigating complex needs, including disability, trauma, and child protection concerns.
💡 This role is for you if you’re...
– Grounded, compassionate, and connect meaningfully with others
– Skilled at building trusting relationships with vulnerable families
– Experienced and knowledgeable in supporting families living with disability
– Committed to showing up and making a real difference
– Capable of working flexibly across Adelaide, including early mornings, after-hours, and occasional weekends
👣 What you’ll do
– Support families in their homes and communities
– Model and coach practical parenting strategies, including those informed by allied health and NDIS goals
– Help implement routines and disability-informed positive behaviour supports
– Build parenting capacity with kindness, clarity, and consistency
– Promote child safety, secure attachment, and development
✅ What you need
– Experience or qualifications in early childhood education and care, social work, community services, disability, or related fields
– WWCC, RRHAN, First Aid in Education and Care, Driver's licence & insured vehicle
– Clear communication and documentation skills
– Confidence to work independently and collaboratively
✨ Why work with us?
Because your impact here will be real, felt, and appreciated. At Little Petal, we don’t believe in ticking boxes, we believe in real change. You’ll be supported by an engaged Director and work within a structured but flexible framework that allows you to be creative, intuitive, and purposeful in your practice. Your knowledge and compassion will make a genuine difference in the lives of the children and caregivers we support.
📧 Apply today by emailing [email protected] with the subject line: Family Engagement and Support Educator Application.
To receive the full Job and Person Specification, please include a short expression of interest and request the document. Only applicants who address the essential and desired criteria will be considered.
