Current Vacancies

• Part time position (30.4 hours per week) available until July 2025
• Working from our office in Lilydale amongst a case management team of 12 staff
• Guide, support & build the team capacity to generate better outcomes for young people living in care

Your new role:

Anglicare Victoria provides foster care for children and young people who are temporarily unable to live at home. Anglicare Victoria is the State’s largest provider of foster care and plays a vital role in protecting children and young people by ensuring they have a safe, stable and nurturing home while their family cannot care for them.  You will work in partnership alongside a trauma specialist from the Australian Childhood Foundation in providing support and guidance to carers and foster children within the program.

Key responsibilities include: direct casework with children, their families and their carers, case management responsibilities, facilitating contact between children and their families, liaising with external agencies and professionals, participating in staff meetings, participating in regular supervision with Team Leader and attending Professional Development opportunities.

The skills you will use day to day:

• The experience to lead others and offer secondary consults on complex cases
• Providing children & young people with foster care placements that will support their development & maintain safety
• Provide case management to children and young people in foster care placements
• Work collaborative with DFFH and other services providers  
• Prepare written reports, maintain records and manage time effectively and efficiently
• Liaise with and coordinate the actions of clients, volunteer caregivers and a range of professionals and other services

What makes this such a great role for you:

• You get a salary starting at $102,554 plus super
• Part time 4 days per week (so pro rata the above salary)
• Fixed term to June 2025.
• Salary packaging is available up to $15,900 plus an entertainment card.
• SCHCADS award level 6.
• Negotiable through the increments dependent upon experience.
• Work from our great office space in Lilydale.

Ready to take the next step:

For a Detailed Position Description please take a look here:  Out of Home Care (OOHC) Senior Key Practitioner PD OOHC E AW6 112023 V1.0 (2).pdf

To apply for this position all you need to do is click apply wherever you are and attach a resume and a brief cover letter that describes your motivation to apply.

The advert is only meant to be an overview, for all the details on what makes this such a great opportunity or to ask questions contact Dean Parker on 0458762248.