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Senior Family Violence Therapeutic Group Facilitator

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
  • Position: Full Time, Fixed Term- 12 months contract
  • Salary: $88,753.53 - $92,771 (based on skills & experience) plus Super plus Attractive Salary Packaging option
  • Location: Preston

The Organisation

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia, employing more than 600 employees and delivering more than 70 programs across Victoria. VACCA is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal community. Our strength lies with our people. Our team is committed to the organisation's vision and values; advocates for our children and other vulnerable community members; and shows respect for, observance and compliance with Aboriginal cultural protocols, practice and ceremony. Our Aboriginality is what distinguishes us from mainstream services and what enables us to deliver the positive outcomes we achieve for our people.

About the role

VACCA is delivering Family Violence Therapeutic programs across multiple locations which will deliver culturally safe and trauma informed counselling and group-based work with Aboriginal women, children, adolescents and their families who are impacted by family violence.

The Family Violence Therapeutic Group Facilitator positions have been created to facilitate a range of group programs with Aboriginal women, adolescents and children who are impacted by or have experienced family violence. These positions are to be involved in the design and delivery of group programs with Aboriginal women, children and adolescents. The Group Facilitator will:

  • Develop and deliver group-based programs for Aboriginal Women, Adolescence and Children that are provide in a culturally safe place allowing individuals to build trust, yarn up, open up in their own time and heal through the use of therapeutic interventions.
  • Undertake intake and assessment, including family violence risk assessments and safety planning
  • Develop a family violence healing plan – identifying risks and strategies
  • Support the client in group readiness, including pre-group individual sessions and suitability
  • Engage with client’s in-service and provide outreach (including home visits)
  • Support Aboriginal women, children, adolescences and their family through their individual healing journeys by creating or rebuilding strong positive connections between participants and their culture, land, family and community
  • Establish effective working relationships with Elders, local Community and partner agencies.
  • Provide client transport

The position will contribute to the delivery of quality, culturally safe approaches to individuals and whole of family as appropriate through applying VACCA’s Cultural Therapeutic Ways framework and the Family Violence Therapeutic program guide. Healing through Culture will underpin all aspects of the work.

About You

  • Degree qualification in social work, psychology, family therapy or a related discipline along with demonstrated experience or willingness to obtain.
  • Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, the values that underpin VACCA’ vision and purpose and the capacity to take a leadership role in championing these internally and externally
  • Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal culture and values and the importance of identity, and cultural connections in the healing process for Aboriginal children and families
  • Demonstrated experience in group facilitation
  • A comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and impact of family violence in Aboriginal families
  • Experience in risk assessments and safety planning.
  • A demonstrated ability to work therapeutically and sensitively in a range of healing interventions with Aboriginal women, children, adolescences and families who are impacted and/or have experienced or used family violence
  • Requirement: Current COVID-19 vaccination, a Working with Children’s Check for a paid employee (or willingness to obtain) and a valid Victorian Drivers License

What we can offer you!!

  • Professional support and training via in-house learning and development training modules
  • Attractive salary packaging to increase your take home pay
  • Great career development opportunities.
  • Access to Employee support and wellbeing program(s)
  • 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

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.

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