Make a lasting difference in the life of a deaf child and their family.

Are you Deaf or Hard of Hearing and passionate about supporting children and families? Do you believe in the power of language, culture and connection?

Deaf Connect is looking for a compassionate and inspiring casual Family Mentors to support deaf children and their families during the early years of life. In this rewarding role, you'll share your lived experience, model visual communication and Auslan, and help families build confidence as they navigate their journey with a deaf child.

This is more than a job – it's an opportunity to be a positive Deaf role model and help shape a child's future.

About the role:

As a Family Mentor, you will work directly with deaf children and their families in natural home and community settings, helping them develop communication skills, confidence and connection to Deaf culture.

You will:

• Be a positive Deaf role model for children and families
• Support early parent-child bonding and communication
• Model Auslan and visual communication strategies
• Share lived experience and Deaf perspectives
• Help families understand the many ways of being deaf
• Support language development, literacy and learning through play and storytelling
• Provide practical communication tools that families can use in everyday life
• Work collaboratively with teachers, therapists and other professionals to support individual child goals

Every family is different, and your guidance will help them build the skills and confidence they need to thrive

About you:

We would love to hear from you if you are:

• Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• A fluent Auslan user
• Passionate about supporting children and families
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic about sharing Deaf culture, language and lived experience
• Comfortable working with families in home and community environments

Highly regarded

• Knowledge of early childhood development
• Understanding of first language acquisition and language development in deaf children

Ready to make an impact?

If you're passionate about empowering deaf children and their families and want to use your lived experience to create meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us:

Deaf Connect is the largest, whole-of-life service provider and social impact organisation for Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Australians. We stand with the Deaf community to build capacity and influence social change while paying respect to history, culture and language.

Our organisational values of Heart, Courage, and Discovery stand with the Deaf community to build capacity and influence social change while paying respect to history, culture, and language.  
  
We offer an attractive benefits program including:  

• Salary packaging, enabling you to make huge savings on tax and maximise your pay  
• Flexibility regarding working arrangements 
• Discount membership to gyms and facilities throughout Australia  
• Free annual flu vaccinations  
• Free comprehensive online learning portal 
• Free financial wellness support through our default super fund 

The successful applicant will be asked to provide a NDIS Worker Check, a Working with Children Check (WWCC) relevant to their state (if applicable to the role), and proof of working rights in Australia. Deaf Connect is committed to child safety, safeguarding, and inclusion, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.