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Carer Recruiter - Foster Care

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For more than 30 years OzChild has been providing foster and kinship care support within the City of Greater Dandenong, supporting 200 foster care households throughout Victoria’s Southern Region and many hundreds of kinship children and families each year. In June 2019 we expanded our service to reach more vulnerable children and young people across a greater geographical area with a move into Western Melbourne.

In Victoria more than 10,000 children and young people are currently placed in Out-of-Home Care. The reasons are often complex and varied, but the challenge of recruiting foster carers or placing children into a kinship care arrangement remains.

Our Carer Recruiter vacancy is a challenging and exciting role that gives you a varied a complex working day. Read on for more details or visit our website to learn more about the OzChild Way https://www.ozchild.org.au/.

What you will do:

  • Targeted carer recruitment and coordination of carer assessments.
  • Present and deliver carer information sessions.
  • Assess the foster carers by conducting assessments and identify potential placements for new carers.
  • Take all enquiries from new carers and potential carers.
  • Think strategically and work as part of a team to overcome the challenges associated with the recruitment of new carers.

Who we are looking for:

  • A tertiary qualification in a relevant field of Social Work, Children’s Services, Welfare Services or equivalent.
  • Shared Stories Shared Lives and Step By Step accreditation (Victoria) would be highly beneficial.
  • Demonstrated experience in facilitating training.
  • Demonstrated experience in undertaking assessments.
  • Previous experience recruiting foster carers will be highly regarded.

(Please view the position description for a full list of desired skills and experience)

OzChild offers:

  • Permanent contract, full time hours.
  • A brand new office in Yarraville.
  • SCHCADS level 6.
  • Flexible working with some after hours to provide assessments and information sessions to potential carers.
  • Salary packaging up to $15,900.
  • A laptop and phone (tools of the trade).
  • A unique culture promoting diversity, cultural competence and shared values.
  • A collaborative and cohesive working culture.

OzChild is committed to the employment of Aboriginal people and providing a work environment in which Aboriginal peoples' cultures, beliefs and values are acknowledged and respected, and in which the individual career goals and personal aims of Aboriginal staff are identified, promoted and achieved.

OzChild is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals of diverse backgrounds to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and LGBTIQ communities.

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