The Organisation
The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community and is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia. The VACCA team is committed to the organisation’s visions and values, passionately providing support, service and advocacy for our children and other vulnerable members of the community.
Our strength lies with our people.
About the role
The Team Leader for the Aboriginal Response Team is an established leadership position within BPA ‘The Orange Door’ Hub. Reporting to the Program Manager Family Violence the Team Leader will work collaboratively with the Aboriginal Practice Leader, Hub practitioners and the wider Orange Door & VACCA leadership groups.
The Orange Door Team Leader works as part of a multidisciplinary team of practitioners, Team Leaders and Practice Leads to deliver high quality, safe and effective responses to children, young people and families experiencing family violence and families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of infants, children, and young people.
The Team Leader is responsible for providing leadership, support, and supervision to the Hub Practitioners in the Aboriginal Response Team. This role is required to demonstrate and lead strong professional practice in Child Wellbeing assessments, Family Violence risk assessment and supporting referral pathways to ensure Aboriginal women, men and children receive a culturally safe and effective service response.
Furthermore, this position will be required to provide short term case management, intake, referrals, and allocations, provide secondary consultations when required, manage case throughput with practitioners and have oversight of high-risk cases. The team leader may have a caseload when required. Additionally, this position will work to build and maintain effective partnerships with local Aboriginal services, communities, and Aboriginal governance groups.
Team Leaders will receive support and guidance from Orange Door Practice Leaders and the Family Violence Program Manager
About You
What we can offer you
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 download the position description for this role.
Application closes by 18 Nov 24
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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