Position overview

• Deliver the voluntary Family Program in Victorian prisons and support families who are vulnerable or at risk
• 0.6FTE (3 days per week) Beechworth lead, 30 June 2025, with a potential extension to 30 June 2026
• Generous not-for-profit salary packaging and leave loading in a value's driven organisation

About Vacro

Vacro is an independent non-profit organisation working with people caught in the criminal justice system and their families. Founded in 1872, we are Victoria’s oldest and only specialised criminal justice reintegration service. We provide reintegration, family, and employment support that enables people to create new beginnings for themselves and their families.

We value diversity, and embrace people with different backgrounds, experiences, gender identities, abilities, and neurodiversity. We believe that diversity of perspectives and experiences builds better teams and outcomes. We’re looking for people of all genders, races, nationalities, orientations and of all abilities to join us.

Vacro is committed to supporting people with lived experience of the criminal justice system to create new beginnings for themselves and their families. As part of this commitment, we encourage applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system.

Our programs support many First Nations Participants, who are vastly overrepresented in the criminal justice system. We acknowledge our First Nations people’s spirit, connection to land and community, and rich history that allow them to bring unique and varied knowledge, skills and perspectives to our workplace. As such, we strongly encourage and welcome applications from our First Nations people.

The Opportunity

Our Family Program aims to promote family connectedness, build and strengthen people in prison’s engagement skills and cultivate positive pro-social relationships through family support sessions via zoom. This position offers flexible working arrangements including prison-based work at Beechworth Prison and occasional remote- work from home. Evening work may be required with consideration of family’s needs.

To be successful, you’ll have

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Justice or another relevant field.
• Experience working with complex clients particularly those who have been in contact with the criminal justice system and their families.
• Demonstrated ability working with vulnerable families with a focus on family strengthening and reunification.
• Knowledge of Family Violence and Child Information Sharing Scheme.
• Demonstrated ability to work within complex stakeholder environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent computer literacy, including an ability to provide technical support to families as needed.

Bring your well-developed interpersonal skills and passion to support families impacted by the justice system. We would love to hear from you if you're looking to become a part of a dedicated team that is significantly improving people's lives.

What we offer

Vacro is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to staff wellbeing. We provide extensive on-boarding training and ongoing professional development for staff, amongst other benefits. This role is classified at Level 5 (pay point dependent on qualifications and experience), of the SCHADS 2010 Award.

Please find attached a copy of the Position Description.

For any enquiries regarding the role, kindly email us at [email protected] using the subject line: Family Support Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.