Family Violence Specialist

1 day ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia MacKillop Family Services Limited Full time
Children's Family Violence Practitioner

McAuley Community Services for Women is a pioneering organization that provides comprehensive support to women and children affected by family violence.

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Children's Family Violence Practitioner to join our specialist family violence team. As a key member of our team, you will provide child-focused, trauma-informed support to infants, children, and young people in collaboration with their mother and other supports.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Developing and delivering high-quality, age-appropriate therapeutic activities and support.
  • Engaging with mothers and children to conduct child-specific risk assessments and risk management.
  • Developing and contributing to child-specific support plans to ensure children are supported as clients in their own right as well as part of a broader family structure.
  • Providing secondary consultation to Case Managers and other support staff.
  • Utilizing a strengths-based approach to empower mothers in their parenting and strengthen the mother-child relationship, including building a sense of safety.
  • Coordinating and working collaboratively with a range of services and stakeholders to support women and children reach their goals.

The overall aim is to support women and children to attain safety, longer-term housing, and independence. This is a full-time ongoing position based in an inner west suburb of Melbourne metro. The salary is SCHADS Level 5 (subject to qualifications and experience) + superannuation and salary packaging.

We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children supported by our services. If you have specific questions about the job, please contact Ania O'Brien at [insert contact details]. A position description is attached.



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