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This opportunity is only available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students, classified under Section 12 Special Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act ****.
We are offering fieldwork placements for Aboriginal-Students across our organisation within our specialist program areas.
Placement Course Types: Community Services / Social Work / Youth & Family / Administration Locations: All VACCA sites Applications: Open for Aboriginal Students only
VACCA's Aboriginal-Student Placement Program
Our Aboriginal-Student Placement program is structured and purposeful, incorporating training, mentoring, and professional development opportunities from our program areas applying knowledge gained through education in a practical work environment.
Aboriginal-Student Placement supports to develop skills and experience with client facing casework by shadowing staff across a range of programs and services providing better outcomes for children, families and carers.
Our Organisation- where our strengths are positioned with our people:
The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community, and is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia.
VACCA is a Child Safe organisation that ensures a high quality, culturally appropriate service is delivered to all children, families and carers.




All our VACCA teams are committed to the organisation's Vision and Values, passionately providing support, service and cultural advocacy for our children and other vulnerable members of the Community.
About You-
you are a student who identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanderare you working towards a relevant and accredited qualificationare passionate supporting and advocating for Mob have the ability to engage with vulnerable children, young people, their families and their carer'swant to gain experience in outreach work, community programs, services and activities
Requirements-
Police Check Victorian Working with Children's Check (WWCC)COVID-19 vaccinationVictorian Driver Licence as applicable
What We Can Offer-
we provide an induction and orientation program, along with additional learning and internal training workshopsa supportive workplace that includes comprehensive culture and connection with Aboriginal Communitystudents will gain hands-on experience at VACCA to enhance their knowledge, develop skills and experience across various service areasopportunities to build connections, professional growth, career pathways, and job prospects within VACCA
We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving Aboriginal communities and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity, honouring all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.
VACCA is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment and periodically following commencement.
VACCA is also an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy.
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