Job Category: Youth & Families / Social and Community Services Worker or significant experience

Department/Group: Young People and Families

Job Code/ Req#: AAFRO-BTT-001-26

State: Victoria, with a primary focus on the Western and northern suburbs of Melbourne

Travel Required: Outreach work and staff training

Level/Salary Range: SCHADS Award up to Level 4 X per annum (pro rata) + 11% Super

Position Type: One part-time position (0.8 EFT) or one full-time position, with occasional late-afternoon/weekend shifts.

Contact: Jiress [email protected]: 0428 338 634

Date Posted: 16/09/2026

Reports to: Team Leader / Project Manager

Posting Expires: 30/10/2026

About the Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity (AAFRO)

The Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity (AAFRO) exists primarily to build a bridge between children, young people, and families of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, especially those of African descent and the wider Australian community.

Our Vision
All children, young people, and families have access to the opportunities they need to thrive independently and achieve their full potential.

Our Mission
To promote social justice by becoming a trusted hub of children, young people, and family services, providing specialist support and leadership to ensure African and multicultural communities feel trusted, welcomed, and understood.

AAFRO Values

Safety: We create safety

Culture: We are cultural champions

Empathy: We act with empathy and understanding

Transparency: We tell you what we can and can’t do

Advocacy: We advocate for those we work with and the community





Child Safety
AAFRO is a child-safe organisation, and we have zero tolerance for all forms of abuse and neglect towards all children and young people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse children, and children with disabilities. Our organisation is committed to ensuring Aboriginal children and their families can express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights.

AAFRO's philosophy

AAFRO’s model of care is based on community restorative and healing practices that draw on a variety of traditional justice practices that promote collectivism rather than an individualist approach to everyday life, including Indigenous justice circles, the African philosophy of Ubuntu, and contemporary developments.

AAFRO’s Community Circle philosophy, based on Ubuntu and restorative practice, is built on human universality and traditional moral values of respect, integrity, togetherness, compassion, fairness, and dignity. AAFRO programs are designed to address community-wide issues by:

(i) Working with individuals and groups to reach their potential while they are in the community, including taking full responsibility for their actions,

(ii) Working towards restoring family relationships,

(iii)



Helping incarcerated people to reintegrate into their communities, and

(iv) Furthering and advancing women’s empowerment and community harmony.

Project Background

The project falls under AAFRO Early Intervention and Education Programs.
The Early Intervention Program is Beat The Time (BTT). BTT is a school holiday program for children and young people aged 5–17, particularly those from families experiencing vulnerability and hardship. The program fosters fun, skill development, and a strong sense of belonging through culturally safe and evidence-based activities.

Beat The Time was a finalist at the 2024 Victorian Child Protection Awards.
BTT is embedded in the AAFRO Circles, which are a central hub for a range of programs offering wrap-around and culturally responsive support for children, young people, and families, including those involved in the justice system, to reach their full potential. The circles promote peace and coexistence using the AAFRO Model of Care.

The Education Program is Live2Learn Tutoring. Live2Learn has two streams: (1) an online tutoring service for primary and high school students from CALD African, newly arrived, and refugee backgrounds, as well as vulnerable families.

Eligibility: Students in Years 2–12 experiencing disadvantage or hardship. The program runs online and on Saturday mornings. Stream (2) comprises group workshop sessions based in schools and career expos.

The Support Worker will work on both programs and is expected to participate in other early intervention and education programs from time to time as assigne

📌 Youth Programs Facilitator (Melbourne)
🏢 AAFRO
📍 Melbourne