Integrated Family Services Case Worker

**Frankston Location**:

- **$82,045 to $88,277, plus super - Based on Qualification and experience**:

- **Part Time, ongoing**

**HOT OFF THE PRESS- Exciting news has come in the form of an opportunity to join our growing Family Services team in the format of a Integrated Family Services Senior Case Worker. This is a rare and exciting vacancy in a stable and well established team. Sounds like the opportunity you were looking for? I was thinking the same thing, so let me tell you more about this opportunity...**

**A little bit about VACCA...**

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 is what distinguishes us from other community organisations and our culture of teamwork and inclusivity is why we are able to deliver positive outcomes that lead to ongoing change. Our strength lies with our people and all people are welcome.

**A quick yarn about the opportunity...**

The Integrated family services senior case worker will work within the integrated family services team to support Aboriginal people and their families who are referred to the family services program via Orange Door, self and/or community agencies.

The Integrated family services case worker will work closely with the client, key partners and stakeholders to provide an integrated response to provide a family support service to Aboriginal children and families to address the identified support needs of the children and families.

This support includes providing an outreach response to families, parenting support, advocacy, referrals and support, emergency relief assistance, education, coordination of services, referrals to other services such as housing and/or other specialist supports. The caseworker will support the client to address concerns raised to support the best interest of the children.

**The key to success for this role...**
- You must have and continue to hold a full Victorian Driver’s Licence and a current employment working with children check card.
- Commitment to VACCA’s vision and purpose.
- Awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal societies and cultures and an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal people in contemporary Australia and the diversity of circumstances of Aboriginal people
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills and the ability to prepare reports.
- A proven ability to work as part of a team.
- A willingness to participate in training programs and in supervision.
- An ability to work flexible hours.

**What we will offer you at VACCA...**

**If you're successful in joining our team here at VACCA, we can offer you;**
- 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

**We would strongly advise Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people to apply.**

**Applications will close by the 30th of July**
- 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._