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Foster Care Case Manager

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency

Foster Care Case Manager roles are currently available with VACCA. This is an awesome opportunity for someone who is either looking to start a new career post graduation, or for someone looking for a new challenge in their career. You want more... Well it is just the start of the advert, look below and you'll see that there is some super cool stuff!

A little bit about VACCA

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia, employing more than 600 employees and delivering more than 70 programs across Victoria. VACCA is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal community. Our strength lies with our people. Our team is committed to the organisation's vision and values; advocates for our children and other vulnerable community members; and shows respect for, observance and compliance with Aboriginal cultural protocols, practice and ceremony. Our Aboriginality is what distinguishes us from mainstream services and what enables us to deliver the positive outcomes we achieve for our people.

About the role

The Foster Care Case Manager will provide a casework and case management service to Aboriginal children living in out of home care and ensure that the children's needs are met using a developmental and trauma informed approach.
Some other key tasks in the role are:

  • Regularly visit the children and young people in placements.
  • Provide cultural information and support to foster carers.
  • Ensure access between the children and their parents or other family members occurs as per the child’s case plan.
  • Identify children’s needs using the Looking After Children framework and the resources needed to meet these needs as well as completing LAC documentation.

I know what you're thinking, that sounds cool, and fun, and I want to do this job! If you want to come and join us at VACCA and start to grow your career with us, then below are the few little things that we need you to have.

Key Aspects to success in this role are...

In order to get the best out of this opportunity, the following things would be helpful to your success;

  • Demonstrated 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;
  • Demonstrated experience in case management;
  • Demonstrated knowledge and practice experience in the child welfare field;
  • Demonstrated experience in identifying risks in case management/work practice and implements procedures to minimise/eliminate negative outcomes and improve practice;
  • A commitment to the values that underpin VACCA' vision and purpose and the capacity to take a leadership role in championing these internally and externally;

You some have those things?! Then let me tell you about what is waiting for you at VACCA if you come and become a part of our team!

If you join us at VACCA...

If you become part of our team at VACCA and start your professional journey with us, we will provide access to the following things;

  • The opportunity to work in a successful established program, with an organisation that wants to innovate
  • An attractive remuneration package, complete with Salary Sacrifice benefits
  • A supportive, inclusive and warm team culture
  • Awesome office space- Free Parking! Great green surrounds! Fantastic coffee-- and it's right there!
  • Develop and build the service that would make YOU want to come to work everyday!
  • Great learning and development options and REAL career progression opportunities
  • The opportunity to be immersed in and learn from the strength and warmth of Aboriginal Culture

Awesome new job, fantastic new team, good salary and benefits! To get yourself in the running, candidates should send applications that include a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and current resume and submit them via the apply link. If you want more information about VACCA, the role and the organisation, go to www.VACCA.org.

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

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply

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

How to apply

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