Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (Refuge)Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (Refuge)

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Job Description

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Kara Family Violence Service ( also known as Kara House Inc) is a specialist family violence service that provides crisis accommodation, transitional housing and outreach support to women and children experiencing family violence. We have a vacancy for a specialist family violence practitioner (refuge) to join our friendly team. Family violence experience in a refuge environment preferred.

The successful applicant will provide holistic and strengths based case management support to women, those who identify as women, and children experiencing family violence, including risk assessment and safety planning, from our core and cluster site in the City of Monash. The role also involves outreach and transitional housing support with clients in the community and the provision of rostered backup (by phone) after a qualifying period.

Reporting to the Manager, Team Leader and Senior Practitioner, the successful candidate will receive competitive remuneration according to the SCHADS Award, the Level dependent on experience (range 85,000-$110,000), plus superannuation and access to salary packaging, training and professional development opportunities including EAP, supervision and reflective practice.

The position is part time, 68.4 hrs per fortnight.

Kara Family Violence Service employs women only- EEO Exemption:H112/2022

Please note the Mandatory Requirements.

About You

The requirements of REC 209 - safeandequal.org.au/working-in-family-violence/minimum-qualifications.

• Hold a Bachelor of Social Work or other equivalent qualification, OR
• Have a minimum 5 years relevant professional experience, OR a related qualification as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements, OR
• Hold significant cultural knowledge and experience or lived experience and have faced barriers to educational pathways inline with the requirements of REC 209.
• Minimum of 2-3 years experience in a high security refuge setting
• Working with Children check
• National Police Check (international police check if required)
• Eligibility to work in Australia
• Current unrestricted Victorian driver's license with good driving record
• Experience in refuge preferred.
  
  

Kara FVS values diversity. Women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse and LGBTQI+ backgrounds and those with a disability who meet our position description requirements are encouraged to apply.Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typePart-time

Job function

• Job functionHealth Care Provider
• IndustriesIndividual and Family Services

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