• Position: Fixed Term (12 months) - Full time or Part Time 
• Location: Chirnside Park 
• Salary: $97,377 - $101,787 plus superannuation and salary package 

The Organisation

The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community and is the largest organisation of its 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

This role is involved in delivering specialised FV responses, conducting risk assessments, creating a culturally safe environment, and providing timely family support through practical outreach services, including home visits.

The role focuses on complex case management, cultural integration, and promoting family reconnection while supporting referrals to other services. This role also requires working alongside other services community members maybe engaged with within VACCA and also with external supports.

About You

• Social Work degree or equivalent qualifications and experience
• Experience working in Specialist Family Violence case management or similar roles.
• Completed Comprehensive Tier 1 MARAM training or equivalent, or willingness to complete training requirements.
• A comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and impact of family violence in Aboriginal families and demonstrated awareness of complex intersectionality that impact children and families.
• Demonstrated experience or ability to work therapeutically and sensitively in a range of healing interventions with Aboriginal women, children, adolescents and families who are impacted and/or have experienced family violence and/or have perpetrated family violence
• Demonstrated experience in effectively engaging and supporting families using strength based, culturally appropriate and trauma informed approaches.
• Demonstrated experience and skills to identify goals and create a plan to respond to these in a timely manner, including experience to respond to crisis situations effectively.
• Demonstration to have clear culturally appropriate and respectful communication skills with individuals, families, and professionals.
• Requirements: 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 Driver 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
• Fitness Passport - allowing you (and your family) access to any of the facilities available on this program 

 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.

We encourage applicants to view the Position Description prior to applying.

Please click here to download the position description for this role: FV Therapeutic Practitioner PD .pdf.

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