Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Mount Helen, Australia Berry Street Full time

**Mt Helen, Ballarat location, Wadawurrung Country**:

- ** Full time - 12 Month Contract**:

- ** Base Salary $96k + Superannuation + Salary Packaging Available**

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. **Our Vision for 2026**: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems.

**The Opportunity**

The Western Family Violence Service (WFVS) is the lead provider for the integrated family violence service system in the Central Highlands sub-region. The WFVS provides support and intervention services to adult and child victim-survivors, as well as people who use violence. Our programs aim to support victim-survivors to remain safely within their community and to recover from the impacts of family violence and, to support accountability and change for people who have used or are using force or violence.

The service aims to assist women and their children to remain safely within their community and maintain a life free of violence while also addressing the emotional and practical needs and issues arising from the violence.

**Key Responsibilities**

The Specialist Family Violence Practitioner - People Who Use Violence will complete the below:

- Coordinating, facilitating, and participating in group programs for the Medium-term Perpetrator Accommodation Service (MPAS), Caring Dads and Positive Shift programs, and others as required.
- Conducting comprehensive, timely, and responsive risk assessments and case management to people who use violence or force.
- Assisting the prevention of further violence through information gathering and sharing, and the provision of educational support, case coordination and referrals for service.

**About You**

The specialised level of this role will require the ability to be able to reflect and analyse complex situations arising in specialist family violence casework and the commitment to working collaboratively with the capacity to negotiate and liaise with other agencies and the community.

**The Benefits**
- Work within a team where you are truly valued.
- Trauma-informed leadership.
- A commitment to ongoing learning opportunities.
- Fortnightly supervision and monthly Reflective Practice.
- Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
- Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions including Study Leave; Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave; and Parental Leave for eligible staff members.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

**How to Apply**

Applications including **resume and cover letter** addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by **11pm on Monday the 3rd of April 2023.**

Queries to **Mandy Gambino**, Assistant Director on 03 5330 5000.- 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 LGBTIQA+. 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 people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply._

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