Community Engagement Worker (Shepparton)

Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people! We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day. Location & Position Details
- Shepparton location on Yorta Yorta Country
- Part time (0.5 FTE) Ongoing position.
- Base Salary $100k pa (pro rata) + Super & Salary Packaging. Your Prospect Berry Street in the Hume Region offers a Therapeutic Foster Care model providing enhanced carer support and service for children and young people with complex needs and behavioural challenges who require specialised support within a foster care setting. The Therapeutic foster care model includes the support of a therapeutic clinician and additional specialised training for carers providing therapeutic placements. The Community Engagement position is a newly created position as a part of the Therapeutic Foster Care model with a focus on marketing, communications & carer recruitment; this role will drive initiatives to increase awareness of foster care opportunities and attract new carers capable of providing therapeutic foster care placements. This position will be situated in our Foster Carer Recruitment, Assessment & Training team and is pivotal in expanding our foster carer resources to enable greater capacity to respond to regional demand for placement of children in therapeutic foster care. Desired Skills
- Experience with marketing initiatives
- High-level inter-personal, relationship and communication skills with expertise in developing partnerships.
- Highly motivated with enthusiasm, drive, creativity and initiative.
- Experience in supporting and working with volunteer foster carer
- Knowledge and understanding of the Foster Care service system Qualifications A Diploma qualification in social work, psychology, marketing, communications or business administration (with a marketing focus) or a relevant field is required. Benefits
- $15,900 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
- 10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
- Regular reflective supervision
- A culture that values and supports professional development Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTQIA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rp17o