Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 26th May 2020
As the Senior Carer Support Worker within the wider foster care team your main role will be to deliver our national Thriving Families carer strategy, supervision and support of carers and the placement of children with suitable carers.
The purpose of the position is to improve outcomes for children and young people by delivering services and improved program outcomes through the support, supervision, and development of carers in the Foster Care program as well as OzChild staff.
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. Our Carer Support Worker position is designed to support these carers allowing for a more targeted service delivery generating much better outcomes for cares and young people.
Please visit our website for further information on who we are, our work and our range of programs https://www.ozchild.org.au/.
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.