Kosmovision Foundation is hiring a Casual/Temporary Disability Trainer role in Canterbury, VIC. Apply now to be part of our team.

Requirements for this role:

• Looking for candidates available to work:
  • Wed morning
  • Wed afternoon
• 1 year of relevant work experience required for this role

Creative Arts Facilitator – Disability & Inclusive Practice

Organisation: Kosmovision Foundation

Location: Boroondara area, Melbourne VIC

Position type: Self-employed contractor — ABN required Hours: Wednesdays, 5 hours per week, including session delivery, preparation, set-up, pack-down and brief debrief

Start date: 15 July Rate: $60–$70 per hour, depending on experience. The successful applicant must hold an ABN and be able to provide invoices for services.

About Kosmovision Foundation

Kosmovision Foundation is a health promotion charity using creativity as a pathway for wellbeing, participation, belonging and self-expression. We work with young people and community members through creative arts, storytelling, visual arts and inclusive creative programs.

We are currently seeking an experienced and compassionate Creative Arts Facilitator to support a small community-based creative group for participants with disability and diverse communication needs in the Boroondara area.

About the Role

We are looking for a facilitator with experience working with people with disability, including participants who are non-speaking or have limited verbal communication and may use AAC devices or other supported communication methods.

The facilitator will plan and deliver accessible creative sessions using visual arts, storytelling, sensory-friendly activities, supported choice-making, creative prompts and inclusive group processes.

This role would suit someone with experience in disability support, community arts, art therapy, creative facilitation, youth work, inclusive education, occupational therapy-informed practice or a related field.

The group requires a calm, flexible and inclusive approach. Participants may communicate through AAC devices, gesture, eye gaze, pointing, movement, sound, image-making, body language or supported choice-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate inclusive creative sessions for participants with disability.

• Support participants to engage through different forms of communication, including AAC devices, gesture, eye gaze, pointing, movement, sound, image-making or supported choice-making.

• Adapt creative activities so participants can engage at their own pace and in their own way.

• Create a safe, respectful, sensory-aware and neurodiversity-affirming environment.

• Support participants to explore life skills and personal development themes, including choice-making, communication, confidence, emotional expression, relationships, daily routines, interests and belonging.

• Facilitate creative expression through visual arts, storytelling, collage, drawing, painting, clay, sensory materials and other accessible creative approaches.

• Work collaboratively with Kosmovision staff, support workers, families or carers where appropriate.

• Maintain clear boundaries, duty of care and trauma-informed practice.

• Provide brief feedback or reflections after sessions where required.

• Assist with preparation, set-up and pack-down of creative materials.

Essential Requirements

• Experience facilitating creative, community or arts-based programs.

• Experience working with people with disability and/or neurodivergent participants.

• Experience supporting people with diverse communication needs, including non-speaking participants and/or AAC users.

• Understanding of inclusive, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming practice.

• Ability to adapt creative activities for different sensory, cognitive, physical and communication needs.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• A calm, patient, flexible and respectful approach.

• Current Working With Children Check.

• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willingness to obtain one.

• Current ABN and ability to invoice for services as a self-employed contractor.

Desirable Qualifications, Training or Experience

• Experience with AAC devices, visual communication systems or partner-assisted communication.

• Experience working with young people, emerging adults or community groups.

• Experience in visual arts, storytelling, collage, clay, painting or sensory creative practices.

• Relevant qualifications or training in disability support, community arts, art therapy, occupational therapy, education, youth work, social work, counselling or similar.

• Certificate III or IV in Disability / Individual Support, AAC training, positive behaviour support training or trauma-informed practice training would be highly regarded, but is not essential.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and a short expression of interest outlining:

• your experience working with people with disability,

• your approach to inclusive creative facilitation,

• any experience with non-speaking participants or AAC communication,

• your availability on Wednesdays,

• and confirmation that you hold an ABN or are able to obtain one.

Kosmovision Foundation values diversity, inclusion and accessibility. We encourage applications from people with disability, neurodivergent people, First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse applicants, LGBTQIA+ people and people with lived experience.