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Family Violence Case Manager

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
  • Position: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract for 12 months
  • Salary: $77,580.86- $88,753.53, plus super (based on qualifications and experience)
  • Additional Salary Packaging options available up to $15,900
  • 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 Aboriginality distinguishes us from other community organisations and we are proud of our friendly, supportive and inclusive organisational culture. We want everyone to feel welcome at VACCA. It is why we are able to deliver positive outcomes that lead to ongoing change.

Our strength lies with our people.

About the role

The Eastern VACCA Family Violence Program provides advocacy, referral and support to Aboriginal community in the region who are experiencing family violence. A range of support options are available that may include short, medium and long term case management supports. Our Eastern VACCA Family Violence Program is delivered in the Inner and Outer East catchments of the Eastern Division of DFFH.

The Family Violence Case Management position will work holistically with families engaged with the program around assessing FV risks and addressing these, including develop a safety plan with families. This service is an outreach-based approach to family homes to deliver intensive supports aimed at reducing and eliminating FV in family homes. The Case Manager role is responsible for:

  • Provide intensive case management interventions to families, incorporating a therapeutic response
  • Complete comprehensive MARAM assessment and responding to risks of each individual member of the family, including development of safety plans and advocating for individuals and families were required for families they are allocated to support.
  • Complete the family assessments and all client contact case notes as required
  • Develop a family violence goal plan with families that will guide their outreach activities – identifying risks and strategies
  • Regularly review MARAM assessments, Family Assessments, Safety plans and family goals with families.
  • Effectively engage with families, coordinate care teams with all support services involved with the families, including encouraging family participation in these.
  • Support Aboriginal families through their individual goals and healing journeys by creating or rebuilding strong positive connections between family members, their culture, land and community
  • Establish effective working relationships with other VACCA services and partner agencies.

The position will contribute to the delivery of quality, culturally safe approaches to individuals and whole of family as appropriate through applying VACCA’s Cultural Therapeutic Ways framework and the Family Violence program guide. Healing through Culture will underpin all aspects of the work.

About You

  • Awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal societies and cultures, and commitment to continually build knowledge of such, along with a high level of awareness of the key issues which impact upon Aboriginal communities
  • Experience and ability to work with Aboriginal organisation and communities and a proven ability to effectively communicate with Aboriginal people.
  • Experience and good awareness of family violence issues and the impacts on Aboriginal families.
  • Knowledge of local family violence programs, accommodation, legal, health and community services within the region – or the ability to acquire that knowledge.
  • Demonstrated competencies in the application and use of Microsoft word applications and other data systems.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills, sound verbal and written communication skills; ability to prepare reports, submissions and other relevant documents.

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 and the MARAM framework - Multi Agency Risk Assessment Management
  • A tertiary qualification in Community Services, Social Work, Psychology, welfare or a related discipline
  • Knowledge of the IRIS data reporting system

Requirement:

  • Current COVID-19 vaccination (including booster dose, as applicable), a Working with Children’s Check for a paid employee (or willingness to obtain) and a Victorian Drivers Licence

What we can offer you!

  • Professional support and training via in-house learning and development training modules
  • Attractive salary packaging to increase your take home pay
  • Great career development opportunities.
  • Access to Employee support and wellbeing program(s)
  • 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, resume and a document addressing the key selection criteria.

We encourage applicants to view the Position Description prior to applying. Please click here to view the position description.

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.

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