Carringbush Adult Education: Children’s Play and
Learning Support

Carringbush Adult Education supports adults from culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse backgrounds to develop skills and knowledge to further their education and employment pathways.

We combine education with community development to support individuals, families and communities to improve their English language and literacy, and build their capacity to access local services, engage in community events, participate in employment programs and pursue education opportunities. We work with disadvantaged individuals and vulnerable families using strengths-based approaches to support people to address their barriers to participation and to advocate for themselves and their families.

The role

Child and Family Literacy Support Volunteers assist young children to develop a broad range of skills with a focus on early literacy, through play, craft, story-telling, rhymes, songs and games. This program includes Parent-Child Mother Goose sessions, play time and information sessions. Families are from diverse backgrounds. Child participants are aged from infants to 5 years. Volunteers work in a team alongside qualified educators and family support practitioners from both Carringbush and City of Yarra Family, Youth and Children’s Services.

Duties:

• Support children to develop early literacy skills through play, story-telling, rhymes, songs and games
• Support parent/carers to learn new skills and a range of songs, rhymes and stories to increase the parent/carer-child bond and family literacy
• Support educators in facilitating activities for parents and children
• Assist with room set up and pack up
• Adhere to the Volunteer Code of Conduct, Occupational Health and Safety Policy, Child Safety Policy and Covid-19 Safety Policy and Agreement.