• Position: Fixed Term (until 30 November 2024), Part Time or Full Time 
• Salary: $82,045 - $88,277 plus superannuation and salary package 
• Location: Chirnside Park

The Organisation

The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community and is the largest organisation of it’s kind in Australia. The VACCA team is committed to the organisation’s visions and values, passionately providing support, service and advocacy for our children and other vulnerable members of the community.

Our strength lies with our people.

About the role

The primary responsibility of AFPR Practitioners is to actively engage with Aboriginal families with children and young people, aiding them in fostering a safe and healthy family environment. The practitioner works with existing services, providing an enhanced continuum of care statewide. The AFPR Practitioners are integral members of a small cohesive team under the leadership of the AFPR Response Team Leader.  

About You

• Demonstrated commitment to VACCA’s vision and purpose
• Demonstrated experience in working and engaging with Aboriginal families and children
• Qualifications in relevant diploma, degree, or equivalent such as Social Work or Community Services field.
• Demonstrated experience in child and family sector. 
• Good knowledge of the Family Violence and Child Protection sectors 
• Ability to effectively engage and support families on agreed goals and tasks in a timely manner using strengths-based, culturally appropriate and trauma informed approaches. 
• Demonstrated ability to complete comprehensive assessments to determine needs for families and able to formulate interventions to respond to the needs.
• Demonstrated skill to identify goals and create a plan to respond to these in a timely manner, including experience to respond crisis situations effectively.
• Demonstrated skill and ability to review assessment reports, safety plans and goal plans as required.
• Demonstrated ability to preparation accurate documents and reports e.g., case notes, incident reports, court reports, assessment report. 
• Requirement: Current COVID-19 vaccination (including booster dose, as applicable), a Working with Children’s Check for a paid employee (or willingness to obtain), a Police Check, and a full Victorian Drivers Licence

What we can offer you

• A supportive environment that includes comprehensive induction
• The support of regular internal supervision
• Professional development and training opportunities 
• Attractive salary packaging to increase your take home pay
• 17.5%  loading on annual leave
• Access to agency vehicles for all work-related travel 
• Access to Employee support and wellbeing programs 
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Opportunity to work and build connection with the Aboriginal Community and culture

 We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply.

Applications should include a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and current resume.

Please click the link below to download the position description for this role.

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We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving Aboriginal communities and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity, honouring all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.

VACCA is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment and periodically following commencement.

VACCA is an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy.