As the Carer Recruiter for our Home Based Care program you have one of the most important jobs in the whole program, and one of the most challenging, recruiting the carers. This is a large program with existing carers, we need a recruiter to continue to build our pool of carers and market our services effectively. You will work closely with our marketing team to drive interest and recruit effective carers across the west of Melbourne.

Duties:

• Carer Support and assessment
• Recruitment of foster carers
• Work closely with marketing
• Field carer queries by phone
• Present and deliver information sessions
• Ensure relevant paperwork and administrative work is up to standard for reporting
• Take all enquiries from new carers and potential carers

Skills and Experience:

• Tertiary Qualification in, Human Services, Social Work, Social Sciences, Psychology with experience of training and assessment and foster care
• 2-3 years experience in a similar role, out of home care, foster care, kinship, foster care recruitment
• Current driving license (essential)
• Comprehensive understanding of foster care
• Marketing and recruitment experience (essential)
• Delivery of information sessions

Benefits:

• Permanent contract
• Part of a brand new team
• Dedicated support from our marketing and communication team
• An opportunity to implement a new program
• Salary packaging up to $15,900
• Unique culture promoting shared values
• Implement innovative, evidence-based approaches to foster care
• Existing pool of carers

About Oz Child

At OzChild we are on a journey to discover and apply new approaches and best practices to achieve better outcomes for vulnerable Australians through the programs and services we deliver. As the organisation aims to strengthen our impact through evidence-based programs, the OzChild leadership team has committed to developing, training and evolving our people as enablers to achieving our strategic objective to grow and disrupt the sector.

OzChild is committed to the employment of Aboriginal people and providing a work environment in which Aboriginal peoples’ cultures, beliefs and values are acknowledged and respected, and in which the individual career goals and personal aims of Aboriginal staff are identified, promoted and achieved.

OzChild is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals of diverse backgrounds to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and LGBTIQ communities.