We have an exciting opportunity based in Shepparton working alongside our IFS team and community.  This is a unique full  time role combining two roles as a IFS Case Manager and Community Connector.

Integrated Family Services Program

The Integrated Family Services Program aids vulnerable families living in the Goulburn catchment area.   The program promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and supports and empowers families to fully realise their potential through direct service and by enhancing the service network. In general, the person holding this position can expect to spend four to six hours face-to-face per week with each family for a three-to-six-month period.

The position may also work across the Goulburn Family Preservation and Reunification response which provides an immediate, intensive, and sustained intervention to better support and achieve real and measurable outcomes for vulnerable families.

Community Connector

The Community Connector role will work in collaboration with Practitioners to provide direct one-on-one support and assistance to families to access, participate, and be included in their community. This support to families will be, tailored to their cultural and linguistic needs.

The Community Connector will work with the whole family on skill development to assist them to achieve their identified goals. They will focus on persistent and assertive outreach to build robust relationships with family members and enable families to receive the right support, at the right time and in the right place.

This will involve leveraging existing local networks and resources and brokering new relationships within all aspects of the community to create new community connections, pathways, and opportunities, including activities that relate to the family’s cultural and linguistic community.

Our strengths-based approach is client centred, integrates the use of evidence informed elements like motivational interviewing, communication, and parenting, respects self-determination, and promotes resilience.

To be successful in this role, you will require the following skills and experience:

An appropriate tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Community Services Work, or a related discipline is essential.

For further details in relation to skills and experience required, please see attached PD.

What OzChild has to offer

• SCHCADS Level 5 $ 97,377.80 negotiable upon experience 
• Salary Packaging of $15,900 plus $2650 meals and entertainment
• Ex gratia days Easter and Christmas
• Work with a great team leader who is very supportive within a well-established amazing team
• Full time permanent role 

For more details in regard to the role and what is required to be a successful applicant please see attached PD for your perusal.

To apply for this position please send your cv and cover letter addressing the selection criteria (skills & experience required to fulfill this position) and why you would be the perfect fit for this role.

 We are interviewing immediately so do not delay applying !  

For further information please contact Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Elizabeth Abdilla on 0499 655 939 or email [email protected]  

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.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a police check and provide a WWCC card for Victoria.