Job Summary
- Up to 92,700 plus super (based on skills & experience)
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 7th Apr 2022
- Melbourne > Werribee
Together the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA), Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS), Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity (AAFRO), Charis Mentoring and OzChild are proud to be supporting families where there has been involvement with the justice system in the past 12 months either with women or young people.
The Putting Families First (PFF) program will provide families in Melbourne’s Brimbank-Melton area with a grassroots community driven response aimed at keeping them safely together.
For families who have been involved with the justice system PFF aims to:
Support that is vital to breaking the cycle of disadvantage so often experienced.
Working together PFF strives to build strong families – with individual family members who are safe, healthy, and well, and parents who are supported to create a safe and nurturing home environment for their children.
Putting Families First is committed to:
Putting Families First have established a clear referral pathway for families who are suitable for support by the program in partnership with Youth Justice, Corrections Victoria and the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.
The Lead Family Practitioner & Community Connector(LFP & CC) is an established position in the consortium.
The LFP & CC will work in close partnership with the consortium partners, and the leadership team to lead high quality, culturally safe and effective responses to Aboriginal people seeking support and safety through the Putting Families First program. Additionally, the Lead Family Practitioner & Community Connector will work to build and maintain effective partnerships with local Aboriginal services, communities, Aboriginal governance groups and mainstream services.
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 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.