Role purpose

Direct Care Workers provide high quality care, supervision, security and safety to children and adolescents who are placed at the Secure Care units.

Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing has a dedicated focus on the community wellbeing and the social recovery of Victoria.  The Department is working to deliver important work started before the pandemic, while building on opportunities it has presented to lead bold and innovative reform.  

We work to create equal opportunities for all Victorians to live safe, respected and valued lives. We lead policies and services dedicated to community wellbeing by empowering communities to build a fairer and safer Victoria. 

Community Operations and Practice Leadership Division (COPL)

The Community Operations & Practice Leadership Division (COPL or the Division) provides a dedicated portfolio focus on children and families, housing and disability and provides services directly to Victorians.

The Division is responsible for implementing operational policy and funding frameworks for child and family support services, housing and disability services. It leads work to better understand and respond to the needs of our clients and services, and to deliver effective services for the community across the whole of Victoria. The Division works with clients, service providers and other government partners to codesign more connected end-to-end client journeys to make services easier to navigate, sequence service interventions more effectively, build individual and family capability, focus on child development, and preserve and reunify families wherever possible.

POSITION SUMMAry

An exciting opportunity exists for a Direct Care Worker ( 2x Positions) on a Full Time - ongoing basis within the Secure Care Services Team.

Direct Care Workers provide high quality care, supervision, security and safety to children and adolescents who are placed at the Secure Care units.

VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS POLICY

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its workers and clients.  The department may require its employees to be fully vaccinated against preventable diseases such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19).  The department's COVID-19 Vaccination requirements policy (Word) outlines the requirements for existing employees, other workplace participants and prospective employees.  Subject to exceptions, only employees or other workplace participants with up-to-date vaccination status (see definitions section of the policy) against COVID-19 and who provide evidence of their Vaccination Status are permitted to work for the department outside their ordinary place of residence.  For this role, you are required to submit proof of vaccination prior to commencement.  Please refer to the above link for more information. 

Other mandatory qualifications or requirements for this opportunity include:

• Minimum Certificate IV Community Services, Youth Work or equivalent is desirable.

Required:

• Senior First Aid/CPR or willing to obtain prior to commencement of role
• A current Employee Working with Children Check (WWCC) card is required and will need to be provided prior to commencement of employment by the applicant. Currency will need to be maintained by the employee for the period of employment.

For more information on the accountabilities and key selection criteria, qualifications and/or requirements for the role please refer to the attached Position Description.