Employment Opportunities
Orange Door Practitioner
- Base/Location:486 High Street, Echuca
- Reports To:Family Services Manager
- Hours:Full-time (37.5 hours week)
- Award:SCHADS Level 5.1
- 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 women, children, families, and men around family violence.
Family Violence Worker – Male
- Base/Location:Family Services, 103 Hare Street, Echuca
- Reports To:Family Services Manager
- Hours:Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
- Award:SCHADS Award
- Position Scope:
The Men’s Family Violence Worker is primarily responsible for providing preventative and intervention case management services to Indigenous men with the aim of addressing family violence in Indigenous communities. Case Management services will be provided to men who are removed from the home due to violence and are subsequently homeless and men who use violence against their families.
Housing Worker
- Base/Location:Njernda Family Services 103-107 Hare Street Echuca
- Reports To:Manager Family Services
- Hours:Full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Award:Social, Community, Home Care, Disability Services Industry Award Level 3.1
- Position Scope:
The housing worker duties will include assisting and providing support to people in social, transitional, and emergency accommodation housing. Responsibilities will include casework with clients to maintain their tenancy, support with clients to live independently and reduce their risk of experiencing homelessness. This will be a rewarding and challenging job for anyone do wants to make a difference in the community.
Wala Yarka Team Leader
- Base/Location:Njernda Aboriginal Corporation Family Services Unit
- Reports To:Program Manager Wala Yarka
- Hours:Full-time 37.5-hour week
- Award:SCHADS Award-Level 5
- 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.
Event Coordinator
- Base/Location:Njernda Aboriginal Corporation, 103-107 Hare Street Echuca
- Reports To:Out of Home Care Manager
- Hours:Part time, 3 days a week, Fixed-term, 2-year contract
- Award:SCHCADS Level 5
- Position Scope:
The Event Coordinator will conceptualise, plan, and execute the Yarka Yakapna Corroborees, groups and programs for children, young people and families involved in Njernda services which includes parenting groups, leaving care groups and carers groups. The event coordinator will create and manage event and program budgets, ensuring cost-effective solutions and maintain detailed records, reports and documentation for each event and/or program.
Wala Yarka Practice Leader
- 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 work with Aboriginal children and young people on specific Child Protection orders and works with a holistic wraparound approach to strengthening and empowering families.
Kinship Care Placement and Support Worker
- Base/Location:Njernda Aboriginal Corporation, 103-107 Hare Street Echuca
- Reports To:Practice Leader
- Hours:Full time position
- Award:SCHADS 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.