Family Violence Safety Action Program Aboriginal

The ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner (VOCC) is seeking several people with experience working with domestic and family violence victim/survivors and/or DFV perpetrators for a variety of roles in the Family Violence Safety Action Program (FVSAP).

These roles include case coordination, intake officer, perpetrator response adviser, multicultural adviser and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adviser. The FVSAP is part of Victim Support at the ACT Human Rights Commission.

Established in 2020, the FVSAP is an expansion of the ACT family violence intervention program and seeks to improve the safety of victim survivors by:

- enabling ACT Government, community and justice agencies to implement an integrated risk assessment and response model that collaboratively identifies, assesses and responds to high-risk domestic and family violence (DFV) cases
- providing a forum for the sharing of information that increases the visibility and accountability of DFV perpetrators
- developing coordinated safety action plans
- improving understanding across government and non-government agencies of the dynamics of DFV, victim survivor safety and perpetrator accountability

Victims of Crime Commissioner (VOCC), ACT Human Rights Commission is currently advertising several positions across the Family Violence Safety Action Program (FVSAP):

- ** 58849, several - FVSAP Case Coordinators**:

- ** 58847 - FVSAP Intake Officer**:

- ** 58848 - FVSAP Perpetrator Response Adviser**:

- ** 58850 - FVSAP Multicultural Adviser and Case Coordinator**:

- ** 58851 - FVSAP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adviser and Case Coordinator**

These roles will, under the limited direction of the Assistant Director, FVSAP:

- Provide domestic and family violence-informed case coordination to victim survivors or engage and work with high-risk family violence perpetrators for the purpose of risk assessment and reducing immediate risks.
- Undertake dynamic safety planning that reflects perpetrator patterns of behaviour.
- Partner with victim survivors and coordinate victim-led responses to risk across the service system, including making appropriate referrals to other services.
- Foster and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in line with the victim survivor’s goals/needs, including within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and multicultural communities and attend stakeholder meetings as required.
- Represent the Victim Survivors’ needs and goals at the Family Violence Safety Action Program collaborative meetings.
- Assist FVSAP team members and Program partner agencies to ensure a culturally appropriate response is prioritised.
- Maintain records in accordance with the Victims of Crime Regulation 2000, the _Territory Records Act 2002_ and the _Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997_.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the effective and efficient operation of the Branch, as reasonably required.

These roles (other than the Perpetrator adviser role) require significant experience providing case coordination to people affected by DFV, including clients with complex needs from a diversity of backgrounds. All roles require experience or the ability to undertake DFV risk assessment and safety planning.

**Eligibility/ Other Requirements**: This is a designated position in accordance with _s42, Discrimination Act 1991_ and is only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage is considered essential and therefore a Confirmation of Aboriginality may be requested.

**How to Apply**:See the attached Position Description for further information regarding duties and responsibilities. Interested applicants should prepare a two-page pitch addressing the Selection Criteria. Please upload your pitch, along with a curriculum vitae and the contact details of at least two referees.