Senior Practitioner Foster Care
Senior Practitioner Foster Care
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Job Description
- Full time permanent position offering stability and security
- Working from our office in Bendigo alongside an established team
- Guide support and build the team capacity to generate better outcomes
About us:
Lifes made of moments. Anglicare Victoria faces them head on. Moments of crisis moments of change moments of magic. Moments that make up the everyday or change the course of a persons life. Some are quiet some are loud. Some are happy some are sad. Whether fire or flood. Belief or despair. Joy or grief. Were there.
Day in day out vulnerable people and families lean on Anglicare Victoria through these moments from childhood to parenthood and all the messy bits in between.
The job:
You are a senior practitioner and therefore we want you to bring to extensive knowledge and experience to the role so you can guide and support others in the team. Anglicare Victoria provides foster care for children and young people who are temporarily unable to live at home. Anglicare Victoria is the States largest provider of out of home 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.
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.
Make your mark:
- 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 childrenand 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
Make it work:
- You get a salary starting at $106000 plus super
- Salary packaging is available up to $15900 plus an entertainment card.
- SCHCADS award level 6.
- Negotiable through the increments dependent upon experience.
- Work from our great office space in Bendigo.
- We take the Health and Wellbeing of our people seriously offering a Well Worth It! Program Fitness Passport EIP and EAP.
- Access to discounted health insurance as well!
- A diverse and inclusive workplace for you to feel safe acknowledged and included.
- Our people are our biggest asset we will support you to progress your career with a dedicated L&D team.
- A workplace with Rainbow Tick Accreditation and DCA Inclusive Employer recognition.
What our people sayI feel really supported probably the most supported Ive ever felt in a workplace. This job can be really difficult so if youre supported thats half the battle for me. Knowing its there means I can go out and do the work.
Make a move:
Could you please apply for the role before midnight on Sunday June 1st
For a Detailed Position Description please take a look here:Senior Practitioner Out of Home Care PD OOHC E AW
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 Jess Savy via email at
Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.
Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.
Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria regardless of age ethnicity cultural background gender sexual orientation religious affiliation and physical ability.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
