Senior Practitioner

1 week ago

North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DPV Health Full time

Greatness starts here

Join a highly engaged, professional, and collaborative team for delivering high impact outcomes to our consumer groups with flexible, family-friendly working arrangements including a hybrid approach.

The Victims Assistance Program sits within the Mental Health, Family Violence and Community Outreach directorate at DPV Health.

The Program aims are to:

  • provide quality services that support the needs of victims so they can recover and thrive
  • assist and advocate on behalf of victims navigating the criminal justice system to enable victims to be informed and empowered, and
  • establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders to support the delivery of seamless and accessible services to victims of crime

About the opportunity

This Victims Assistance Program (VAP) Senior Practitioner position will take a proactive role in providing:

  • intake, assessment (inclusive of risk assessments), psychoeducation and referral (including warm referrals) to allocated consumers inclusive of quality case management
  • support to consumers to develop a personal recovery plan which includes a safe and planned exit
  • secondary consults and mentoring to support staff when working with complex clients
  • delivery of high-quality trauma informed brief intervention and intensive therapeutic case management services (including assertive outreach) using a high throughput model
  • community education activities that promote and inform others about VAP.

Bring your great, everyday

To be successful for this role, you will require:

  • Hold a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification, or...
  • At least 5 years relevant experience and be working towards meeting the new mandatory minimum qualification policy requirement,
  • Demonstrated experience in providing clinical supervision to staff
  • Demonstrated experience providing advice and direction for staff and students on complex matters
  • Ability to model positive, flexible, and dynamic skills to support and develop a team of workers
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated resilience, sound judgement and ability to prioritise competing demands.

The fine print

  • Full-time position. Fixed Term to 30/06/2026
  • Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable), hold a valid WWCC.
  • Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work - home, in the office and at other locations
  • Provision of 4/52 leadership supervision with highly skilled external supervisor
  • Generous salary packaging: Up to $15,800 per year (+ additional $2,650 meals and entertainment)
  • Health and wellbeing: Add in more lifestyle benefits - reduce gym membership rates and staff support is available through EAP
  • Opportunities for professional development: online and face-to-face
  • ADOs

Our Talent Experience

Applications close 5pm 28th June 2024

We kindly request you include your resume along with a covering letter, addressed to Deb Carrin via detailing your motivation for joining DPV Health and highlighting the qualities you bring to this position, as well as providing a brief statement addressing the 'Key Selection Criteria' outlined in the position description.

For further information, please contact Please call Deb Carrin on We will be actively reviewing applications as they are received, so please don't delay.

To view the Position Description, please click here

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DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace for our staff and clients. To us diversity means people of any age, family situation, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical sex characteristics, ability or disability, health, life experience, socio-economic situation, faith, spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.

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We will not be accepting applications from agencies for this position.

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