Work with Us

Join our Extended Family … and make a real and lasting difference for children and young adults with a disability and their family.

We are continuing to grow our range of inclusion support, support coordination and other services. Please refer below for current vacancies. 

Note all staff require a current satisfactory Police Check, a current employee Working with Children Check and must satisfactorily pass the Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme Check.

Why work at Extended Families?

Here are a few of the reasons we think you might like to join us:

• A committed and genuine team with a shared vision to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people with a disability and their families and make a real difference in our community.
• A high level of job satisfaction, based on a positive work culture of collaboration, relationships and teamwork.
• A long and effective history in disability support and community inclusion, with well developed policies, procedures and practice guidelines.
• An e-learning system to support your orientation and ongoing development.
• Support and supervision is valued and ongoing professional development opportunities provided.
•  Staff are respected and their input and contribution to service operation and development valued, leading to a flexible and creative approach to service delivery.
• A flexible work environment to promote work life balance, with an effective ‘time in leiu’ system.  
• Salary packaging up to the legal limit for staff (except casuals).
• Award rates and a focus on opportunities for career development for our staff.

Current Employment Opportunities

INCLUSION SUPPORT WORKERS (Melbourne Metro)

We are looking for motivated, professional and engaging people to support children and young adults with a disability.

If you are wanting to build on your planning, skill-building, positive behaviour support and motivational skills to support children and young adults achieve their life-skills goals, then we encourage you to apply. Experience is not necessary, rather the right attitude, willingness to learn, and an ability to be reflective in your practice.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students who are studying Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Education, Youth Work, Speech Pathology or Health Science, to gain on-the-job work experience.

See the position description below for more information about this casual role. 

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FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (NDIS PLAN MANAGEMENT)

We are seeking to recruit a plan management team member with a strong Finance and/or Accounting background to join our dynamic plan management team. 

This is a fixed term part time position, working 22.50 hours a week (hours negotiable), based in Coburg with work from home arrangement option available. 

Refer to the position description below for more information about the role:

Position Description - Plan Management 

CRM AND DATA ADMINISTRATION OFFICER 

This is a permanent part time role with a hybrid approach. It is a requirement of this role to work on a Monday and Tuesday every fortnight on payroll week to support our payroll process.

This position will work closely with staff across the organisation and will be responsible for maintaining and managing our participant records on our CRM system. This role will also involve working closely with our LinC and Finance team to support our billing and payroll processes for our support workers.

This position is well suited for someone who is tech savvy, highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive with strong experience in data management.

Refer to the position description below fore more information about the role:

Position Description - CRM and Data Administration Officer