Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 5th May 2022
- Melbourne > Preston
Greetings to all those aspiring to lead a fantastic team of professional case managers, working in a space that really matters. VACCA currently has an opportunity for you to join our team in the Northern Suburbs as a Foster Care Team Leader. Are you a Manager looking for a new challenge? Are you a talented experienced case manager looking for the next step in your career? Read on and take this opportunity to join our team a VACCA!
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia, employing more than 800 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.
The Northern VACCA Foster Care Program provides a culturally attuned service to support Aboriginal children and young people who are in out-of-home care. A key function of the team is to support our foster carers to be able to provide high quality care to these vulnerable children, and to keep them connected to their culture. VACCA works towards reuniting children, wherever possible, with parents and extended family.
Some of the key responsibilities of the Team Leader are:
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If you are successful in joining our team at VACCA, and becoming a Team Leader that supports, mentors and nurtures our team, then you can expect;
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, then please don't delay! Click APPLY now and start your professional journey with VACCA. All candidates will need to attach an updated resume and a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria, which can be found on the position description.
We would strongly advise Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people to apply.
We will be contacting suitable applicants as they arise, so if you want this fantastic role, get your application for this role.
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.