**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION**

These placements are ONLY available to Identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students, classified under Section 12 Special Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

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 We are offering fieldwork placements for Aboriginal-Students across our organisation within our specialist program areas.

• Placement Course Types:         Community Services / Social Work / Youth & Family / Administration
• Locations:                                        All VACCA sites
• Applications:                                   Open for Aboriginal-Students ONLY

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VACCA Aboriginal-Student Placements:

Our Aboriginal-Student Placement program is structured and purposeful, incorporating training, mentoring, and professional development opportunities from our program areas applying knowledge gained through education in a practical work environment.

Our First-Nations Placement program supports Aboriginal Students to develop skills and experience with client facing casework by shadowing staff across a range of programs and services providing better outcomes for children, families and carers.

Our Organisation- where our strengths are positioned with our people:

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.  VACCA is a Child Safe organisation that ensures a high quality, culturally appropriate service is delivered to all children, families and carers.  All our VACCA teams are committed to the organisation’s Vision and Values, passionately providing support, service and cultural advocacy for our children and other vulnerable members of the Community.

About You-

• MUST be a student who identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
• studying a relevant and accredited qualification
• are passionate supporting and advocating for Mob 
• have the ability to engage with vulnerable children, young people, their families and their carer's
• want to gain experience in outreach work, community programs, services and activities

Requirements-

• Police Check
• Victorian Working with Children’s Check (WWCC)
• COVID-19 vaccination
• Victorian Driver Licence as applicable

What we can offer-

• we provide an induction and orientation program, along with additional learning and internal training workshops
• a supportive environment that includes comprehensive culture and connection with Aboriginal Community
• students will gain hands-on experience at VACCA to enhance their knowledge, develop skills and experience across various service areas
• opportunities to build connections, professional growth, career pathways, and job prospects within VACCA

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 also an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy.

**Submit your application now*