• New opportunity available to join our growing team at Morwell
• Supportive and collaborative team environment, with a positive workplace culture and highly capable team!
• Attractive salary packaging to increase your take home pay

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

VACCA delivers an innovative Family Violence Program across multiple locations including the Southern metropolitan, Dandenong and Gippsland areas. The role of the Men’s Family Violence Perpetrator Program is a newly created position which will fit within the suite of other VACCA Family Violence demonstration programs.

The VACCA Family Violence demonstration program is culturally safe and trauma informed including one on one counselling, group work and case work with Aboriginal men, women, children and families who are impacted by family violence. Our work at VACCA provides an integrated whole-of family approach that focuses on Aboriginal men while supporting the safety of women and children

The Men’s Workers role has been created to:

• provide direct 1:1 case management and intervention work with men who have perpetrated family violence and provide housing support;
• run group work and cultural groups with men who present with anger management issues
• work with Community Elders, Aboriginal families, Kin, Uncles, Men and their families to provide a range of service interventions that are proven to work with Men
• Address intersection factors such as Alcohol and other drug, mental health, cultural trauma and intergenerational trauma that may be presenting for families.
• Enhance referral pathways to ACCO’s, Aboriginal services and other programs that will support healing and curb the use of violence
• Work with Aboriginal men and non-Aboriginal fathers of Aboriginal children in the Gippsland Community

About You

• A TAFE or tertiary qualification in a relevant field along with demonstrated experience would be highly considered
• A comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and impact of family violence for Aboriginal families
• Experience and ability to work with Aboriginal organisations and communities and a proven ability to effectively communicate with Aboriginal Men and their families
• An awareness of family violence issues and understanding of intergenerational trauma experienced by Aboriginal men
• The ability to apply a flexible, non-judgemental and empowering approach to service delivery and work in Community
• 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

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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.