Current Vacancies

• A senior role working in a supportive and well respected Foster Care team
• Up to 14 month fixed term opportunity to February 2026
• A fantastic opportunity if you want to experience being a Team Leader

Tell me more:

This will be dual role, The role will be 1 day per fortnight at Team Leader SCHADS 7 classification to allow for some supervisory duties and the remaining 7 days per fortnight at SCHADS 6 classification. This is a great opportunity for a senior practitioner to get some leadership experience over an extended period.

This team has a really positive outlook and works well together supporting one another to generate the best possible outcomes. You are in and around the office quite a bit in this role so you will get to know your colleagues and benefit from the support they can offer.

Day to day your are going to be advocating for children in placements, attending care team meetings, completing administrative tasks and ultimately making sure children and young people in foster care get stable and supportive care. The role involves the support, assessment and review of our amazing volunteer carers and the portfolio management/supervision of our intake worker.

Make your mark:

• Providing children & young people with foster care placements that will support their development & maintain safety.
• Engage with our volunteer carers making sure that the work you do behind the scenes sets them up for success.
• Provide case management to children and young people in foster care placements.
• We want to see a passion for working with children and young people.
• Work collaboratively with DFFH and other services providers.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage competing administrative and supervisory tasks, case management and home visits.

Make it Work:

• This role will be at a dual pay grade, SCHADS 6 @ .7 FTE and SCHADS 7 @ .1 FTE 
• Salary packaging is available up to $15,900 plus an entertainment card.
• Part time, limited tenure until February 2026 - 4 days per week.
• An opportunity to build some leadership experience and enhance your skills.
• Stand out at your next leadership interview! Make that transition in to a leadership role happen.
• Work from our great office space in Yarraville.

Make a Move:

We use generic position descriptions to help support internal growth and movement between teams you can read the generic position descriptions for both part of the role below:

TL-  Team Leader - Out of Home Care PD OOHC TL AW7 102023 V1.3 (5).pdf

Snr Prac-  Senior Practitioner - Out of Home Care PD OOHC E AW6 122022 V1.1 (6).pdf

To apply for this position all you need to do is click apply via the internal careers page. Once there click APPLY and login using your existing profile, attach a resume and a brief cover letter that describes your motivation to apply and talks about your passion for working with children and young people.

For further enquiries contact Kate Davis, Team Leader Foster Care West on 03 9396 7400 or at kate.davis@anglicarevic.org.au 

Applications close Sunday 8th December