Aboriginal Sexual Assault Healing Therapist

• Position  : Fixed Term, Full Time until June 2025
• Salary     : $102,546 - $107,074 plus superannuation and salary package option
• Location : Werribee/Melton

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 strength lies with our people, and all people are welcome at VACCA

About the role:

The role will work collaboratively with the Senior Cultural Healing Therapist to deliver a holistic and culturally safe therapeutic service as well as providing secondary consultations across VACCA and to other stakeholders.

The role will be responsible for holding a small case load providing appropriate interventions for Aboriginal children, young people, women, and men victims/survivors of sexual assault, and their family members, delivering therapeutic one-to-one counselling using a range of modalities, and therapeutic group programs, collaborate with case managers which may include outreach, and integrate other appropriate services/cultural supports.

About You:

• Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, the values that underpin VACCA’ vision and purpose 
• A bachelor’s degree in social work (or equivalent) or willingness to work toward the qualification in line with the mandatory minimum qualifications policy or significant lived experience relevant to the work.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise delivering culturally safe therapeutic interventions and responding to complex trauma of Aboriginal children, young people, and adult victim/survivors of sexual assault.
• An understanding of the issues that impact Aboriginal adults who have experienced sexual assault. 
• An understanding of child development and the impact of trauma and sexual assault on children and young people. 
• Detailed knowledge of family-focused approaches which work to heal complex trauma from sexual assault. This includes impacts on the individual and their family. 
• An understanding of culturally appropriate service responses for Aboriginal communities. 
• An understanding of strength-based Aboriginal trauma-informed practice specific to sexual assault. 
• Requirement: You must have and continue to hold a full Victorian Driver’s Licence and a current employment working with children check card and current COVID-19 vaccination (including booster dose, as applicable)

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 
• 12 weeks 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 current resume.

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

Application closes by 22 April 2024

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