(25/9/2025) TRAK Forward Counsellor

About Us

At Anglicare Victoria our focus is on transforming the futures of children and young people, families and adults. Our work is based on three guiding pillars, Prevent, Protect, Empower. We offer a comprehensive network of services and seek to ensure the provision of high quality services that will bring about significant improvements in the life experience of the young people, children and families/caregivers with whom we work.

The Position

We provide and partner to deliver a range of protection and recovery services addressing both adult family violence and adolescent family violence, with a primary focus on the safety of women and children. Whenever issues of violence or abuse arise in families, the first step is to ensure that every family member is safe and protected from harm. Once that is achieved, counsellors and support workers can educate and equip families with new skills to help them move forward in a positive way. Family Violence services include office based, outreach, in-home, tailored, group work and a holistic approach for the whole family that aims to achieve better outcomes for families, in promoting the best interests of children. Individual and family work is complemented by group work where appropriate, and strategies to both engage families with their communities, as well as for communities to be more responsive to the needs of children and their families.

To Be Successful in this Position You Will Need

Qualifications/Licences Required:

- A relevant tertiary degree in Social Work, Psychology, and/or related behavioural sciences with substantial experience, post graduate qualification or associate diploma with substantial experience, attained through previous appointments, service and/or study with a combination of experience, expertise, and competence sufficient to perform the duties required at this level. Based on specific Program requirements qualifications may need to align with the Mandatory Minimum Qualification Requirements for Specialist Family Violence Workers (Recommendation 209) or you are committed to working towards obtaining the required qualifications. Where this is a requirement, it will be clearly started in the recruitment advertisement for the role.

- Desirable: Full Victorian Drivers Licence.

Knowledge and Skills

- Ability to prioritise the safety of victim survivors and children using a gendered understanding of family violence and an understanding of child and family vulnerability.

- Resilience to work with and support clients who have been exposed to trauma.

- Significant experience in working in a therapeutic, counselling or group work context with women, adolescents and children who are experiencing or recovering from family violence.

- Significant experience in providing an initial contact point for people seeking support and a source of information and advice with a focus on intake, assessment, risk assessment, engagement, and provision of an initial response.

- Significant experience in therapeutic, group work and/or case management in respect to delivering Family Violence services and support.

- Deep understanding of the effects of family violence and trauma on women and children and an understanding of contemporary responses to these issues.

- Well-developed knowledge and understanding of the gendered nature of violence against women and children and relevant theories and frameworks to understand and respond to this including but not exclusively feminist theory and Practice Guidelines: Women and children’s family violence counselling and support programs.

- Understanding and application of the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS), Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS), information security and privacy policies and requirements.

- Clear understanding of the referral services across Family Violence and Community Supports to assist families.

More information in position description.

Detailed Position Description

Senior Practitioner - Adults, Adolescents and Children PD FV E AW6 062023 V1.1.pdf

To apply for this position you will need to complete the online application. You will be requested to attach your resume and your responses to the Key Selection Criteria as separate documents.

For further enquiries contact Laura Calvert - 0439 948 992

Applications close: Sunday October 19th

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.

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