Employment Opportunities

Base/Location:Anglicare, 486 High Street, Echuca
Reports To:Family Services Manager/ The Orange Door Team Leader
Hours:Full Time - 37.5hrs per week
Award:SCHADS Award
Position Scope:
The Orange Door is a government response to the Royal Commission into Family Violence with the view to coordinate services and to become a one stop shop front for family violence matters. The Orange Door will deliver a fundamental change to the way that the community service sector works with families, women, and children.

The Orange Door Team will include a mix of staff employed by FSV and staff employed by CSOs, Aboriginal services and DHHS.

The Aboriginal Hub Practitioner will be part of two teams – The Orange Door Team and the Njernda Family Services Team.

The role of The Orange Door is to provide:
- a more visible contact point so that people know where to go for specialist support.
- help for people to identify child and family safety and wellbeing issues.
- advice based on contemporary risk assessment tools and guidance and best available information.
- specialist support and tailored advice for families and children.
- connection and coordination of access to support
- an approach across the spectrum of prevention, early intervention, and response
- a system-wide view of service capacity, client experience and outcomes.

Base/Location:Njernda Family Services Unit, 103-107 Hare Street, Echuca
Reports To:Family Services- Manager
Hours:Full Time position 37.5 hours per week.
Award:SCHADS Level 4
Position Scope:
To provide pre-birth and early years therapeutic support to expectant mothers and families. The case worker will build strong professional relationships to enhance developmental outcomes for Aboriginal Boori aged 0-2 years.

Base/Location:Njernda Aboriginal Corporation, 103-107 Hare Street Echuca
Reports To:Out of Home Care Team Leader
Hours:Full time position
Award:SCHCADS Level 3
Position Scope:
The Placement and Support worker will provide information, advice, recommendations to services providing out-of-home care services to Aboriginal children to maintain connectedness to their culture, community, family and country as referred by the Placement and Coordination Unit (PCU) of the Department of Families, Fairness, and Housing.

Base/Location:Njernda Aboriginal Corporation, 103-107 Hare Street, Echuca
Reports To:Out of Home Care Team Leader
Hours:5 days a week, 37.5 hours
Award:SCHADS Level 3
Position Scope:
The Recruitment and Assessment worker will identify and assess suitable potential carers for the organisation. They will support carers throughout their time with the organisation which includes coordinating and facilitating carers support groups, training and information sessions and completing carer assessments as well as conducting annual carer reviews and monthly carer supervision.

Base/Location:Njernda Aboriginal Corporation Family Services Unit
Reports To:OOHC Manager
Hours:Full-time (37.5-hour week)
Award:SCHADS Award-Level 6
Position Scope:
The Wala Yarka program, which means “Water children” in Yorta Yorta language, operates under section 18 of the Children, Youth, and Families Act 2005, which offers a new model of child protection practice that involves Aboriginal organisations working in partnership with Aboriginal families. The Wala Yarka programs works with Aboriginal children and young people on specific Child Protection orders and works with a holistic wraparound approach to strengthening and empowering families.

Base/Location:Njernda Family Services, 103 Hare Street, Echuca
Reports To:Family Services Manager
Hours:Full Time -12 Month Contract
Award:SCHADS 2010 Schedule B- Level 4 PP1
Position Scope:
The Aboriginal Child Specialist Advice and Support Service (ACSASS) Case Worker provides expert advice and case consultation to Child Protection about culturally appropriate intervention in respect of all reports regarding the abuse or neglect of Aboriginal children and regarding significant decisions in all phases of Culturally appropriate child protection intervention. In accordance with the best interests’ principles and decision-making principles in the case of an Aboriginal child, you will provide consultation to Child Protection in relation to all best interests planning decision making and meetings, including the protective plan and review meetings, particularly where this relates to involving relevant members of the child’s Aboriginal community.