Foster Care Engagement Worker

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!

• Shepparton location on Yorta Yorta Country
• Part time (0.5 FTE) Ongoing position.
• Base Salary $100k pa (pro rata) + Super & Salary Packaging.

Your Opportunity

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. 

Your skills and experience

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 for the role include:

• 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

A Diploma qualification in in social work, psychology, marketing, communications, or business administration (with a marketing focus) or relevant field is required.

Berry Street 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 support professional development

Apply now

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted ASAP as applications are being assessed as they are received. This role will close Wednesday 20 August 2025.

Queries to Sharelle Davidson - Senior Manager on 03 5822 8143.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National and International Police check if required and Victorian Carer Register clearance if applicable.

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.