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Senior Program Manager - OOHC

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
  • Position: Full time, Ongoing position
  • Salary: $108,000 to $111,000, plus super (based on skills & experience)
  • Location: Dandenong

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

About the role:

VACCA South currently offers Aboriginal children and their families a range of interventions and programs across a continuum of supports ranging from early intervention & prevention work to the provision of both secondary and tertiary services such as Out of Home Care services.

This is a leadership position that will be responsible for the operational oversight of the suite of OoHC programs including staff, budget, liaison and partnerships with departments, compliance, administration as well as supporting and overseeing the regional operations of Southern OoHC programs such as but not limited to:

  • Kinship Care
  • Kinship First Supports
  • Staying Connected sibling model
  • Foster Care and Home-based care programs

A key function is to ensure that these programs are coordinated and managed in a manner which provides the best possible platform for the delivery of effective, quality, and timely responses. The position will work in close and effective collaboration with the Southern Management Team and reports to the Executive Manager, Southern.

About You:

  • Tertiary qualifications in the field of social work, psychology or community services is highly desirable
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the delivery of statutory Out of home care services, aligned Early Years, youth programs including therapeutic approaches required to bring about better outcomes for at risk and vulnerable Aboriginal children and families.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience of Case Management, care team approaches and service delivery.
  • Demonstrated experience in leadership and management, program implementation, service planning including monitoring, evaluation and maintenance of standards.
  • Strong organisational abilities and interpersonal and communication skills including the capacity to negotiate and work effectively with a range of individuals and organisations so that organisational and program objectives are achieved.

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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