Specialist Family Violence Advisor

4 weeks ago


Bendigo, Australia Bendigo Health Full time

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**

Medical Scientists, Pharmacists And Psychologists Victorian Public Sector (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2025 - PSYCHOLOGIST GR3 YR1 - PL1

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- A supportive environment for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An opportunity to further your caree

**The Position**
- Position Title: Specialist Family Violence Advisor
- Classification: NP75 - NP 77, YC46 - YC49, YB24 - YB27, PL1 - PL4
- Salary per hour (exc. super): $49.42 - $58.63
- Hours per fortnight: 80 (including ADO)
- Employment Status: Fixed-term
- Other requirements: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**
- The Specialist Family Violence Advisor in Mental Health Services is part of the government response to the Royal Commission into Family Violence. The position is part of the Mental Health Professional Development team and works closely with the Strengthening Hosptail Resposnes to Family Violence program and sector partners to promote consistency and improve services and system responses to family violence.

**Bendigo Health**
- Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver
- _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Retention bonus of up to 2k annually for workers in Mental Health
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment
- If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**
- The Professional Development Unit (PDU) aims to provide professional development programs and supervision to Mental Health clinicians and students at Bendigo Health. Programs delivered assist clinicians in the effective delivery of quality clinical services by aiming to improve knowledge, skills & attitudes consistent with: best practice, National Standards for Mental Health Services, National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce and Service development requirements.

**Bendigo Region**
- Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**
- Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : A degree in social work, nursing or a related discipline with AHPRA Registration or authorised professional registration as either: a Division 1 Nurse with undergraduate specialisation or with a post graduate qualification in Mental Health, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Social Work.
- Essential : Minimum 5 years of experience working in family violence and/or mental health services with a good knowledge of the sectors and a working understanding of relevant legislation and risk assessment frameworks pertaining to mental health and family violence.
- Essential : A significant understanding of family violence including: the gendered and systemic issues affecting women and children, the perpetrators’ pattern of coercive control and the impact on children.
- Essential : Knowledge of the specialist family violence service system and the broader sector including child protection, and approaches employed to restore and enhance safe child-centred parenting, and a willingness and ability to engage with services working with perpetrators of family violence.
- Essential : Understanding of systems and driving organisational change with experience in inter-agency liaison, consultation and building partnerships with key stakeholders with effective negotiation and problem solving skills in a multidisciplinary cross sector environment.
- Essential : Ability to work independently, flexibly manag



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