• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Permanent part time 3 days per week
• Based at Mount Waverley with travel across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Carer Recruitment and Support Worker to join our Home Based Care Program. The program delivers support services to children and young people aged 0-18 years and their families in a foster care arrangement.

As a Carer Recruitment and Support Worker, you will:

• Drive intensive carer recruitment activities
• Conduct comprehensive interviews and screening processes for potential foster carers under the ‘Step by Step’ accreditation framework
• Prepare assessment reports and put forward recommendations regarding suitability for accreditation
• Provide ongoing supervision, training and support to carers
• Uphold program compliance and audit requirements

View the full position description here

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a Diploma of Community Services or equivalent qualification. A tertiary degree in Social Work or a related discipline would be advantageous.

You will also have:

• Training in the 'Step by Step' accreditation framework
• An understanding of the Best Interests Case Practice Model and Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
• Sound risk assessment and risk management skills
• Ability to develop comprehensive reports, service documents and maintain case notes in a timely manner
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (outlining your suitability according to the person specification in the position description)
• Current resume

Get in touch

Jenny Cincotta – Team Leader, Home Based Care
T: 0435 023 011 (during business hours)

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.