Family Violence - Team Leader
Job No:
VAC1444
Location:
Melton
- Position: Full-Time, Permanent Ongoing
- Salary: $102,546 - $107,074 plus Super (based on skills and experience) and the option of salary packaging
- Location: Melton
The Organisation
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organization of its kind in Australia. VACCA is an Aboriginal community-controlled organization that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal community. Central to VACCA’s work is the importance of connection to family, community and culture as essential to Aboriginal children’s safety, stability and ensuring that they have an ongoing sense of belonging.
About the role
The Team Leader position will provide leadership, direction and support to family violence therapeutic counsellors, group facilitators and case managers/ workers employed within the family violence program. The role proactively ensures broad engagement with other VACCA programs.
Team Leader positions will oversee staff delivery of one or more of the following:
- 1:1 trauma-informed assessment and Therapeutic case management support to Aboriginal community members who are impacted by family violence
- Therapeutic case management support to staff working with Young people who use violence in the home.
- Monitor groups with Aboriginal children will create positive and age-appropriate entry points for them to engage and to heal their understanding of their parents, family and history where impacted by family violence.
- Monitor groups with Aboriginal adolescents will provide a platform for them to speak to other young people in a meaningful and relevant way and change behaviours
This position will provide staff with regular professional supervision and appropriate development and training opportunities to provide a quality service and will receive therapeutic professional supervision from the Family Violence Principal Practitioner.
Requirements:
Current COVID-19 vaccination (including booster dose, as applicable), a Working with Children’s Check for a paid employee (or willingness to obtain), a Police Check, and a full Victorian Drivers 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
- Fitness Passport - allowing you (and your family) access to any of the facilities available on this program
- 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
We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply
Applications should include a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and a current resume. We encourage applicants to view the Position Description prior to applying. Please click here to view the position description
Application closes by 22nd April by 11.59pm
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