Family Violence Specialist Practitioner

6 days ago


Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia beBeeViolence Full time
Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Family Violence Specialist Practitioner to join our team. As an integral member of the family violence team, you will deliver high-quality support to women and children experiencing family violence across the Bayside Peninsula Region.

The role involves extensive knowledge and understanding of women and children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds who are experiencing family violence, the impact of trauma, and the importance of working with interpreters when supporting CALD victim survivors.

Your key responsibilities will include undertaking MARAM briefs to comprehensive risk and needs assessments with women and children experiencing family violence, coordinating the delivery of a high-quality family violence response that is child-focused, developmentally appropriate, and culturally safe, ensuring service delivery addresses the unique risks, needs, and the impact of trauma posed by family violence to women and children from CALD backgrounds, and providing specialist family violence responses to women and children who have experienced family violence.

Requirements:
  • An appropriate tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, or a related tertiary discipline is essential or a Graduate Certificate in Family Violence as per Recommendation 209.
  • Demonstrated experience using MARAM to assess risk, needs, and protective factors of women and children, safety planning, and determining appropriate referral pathways.
  • Demonstrated experience working with women and children presenting with complex needs and behaviors, such as trauma, substance abuse, mental health, parenting issues, disability, CALD or indigenous backgrounds, and LGBTIQA+ communities.
  • Demonstrated experience in preparing written reports, maintaining records, including case notes and database reporting.
  • Demonstrated success in maintaining external networks and collaborative relationships with professionals both internal and external.
Benefits:
  • Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year).
  • Paid study leave.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Gifted leave at Christmas and Easter.
  • Flexible work hours/working from home where possible.
  • Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counseling service.
About Us:

We strive for equity, dignity, and social justice for women, girls, and families by collaborating globally and acting locally, supporting our communities in Australia and New Zealand to thrive.

We want women, girls, and families to live full and dignified lives, have dignified income, and enjoy financial wellbeing.



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