Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

**Work options**: Hybrid

Work from both Berry Street's Preston and Child Protection offices
- A culture that values and supports professional development.
- Generous leave + salary packaging benefits
- Work for a NFP organisation that celebrates all cultures and diversity

Our Northern Specialist Family Violence Service (NSFVS) team are the lead provider for the integrated family violence service system in the Northern Metropolitan sub-region. The NSFVS provides support services to victim survivors of family violence including children, inclusive of cisgender heterosexual women; and people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Community (LGBTIQ+).

**The Opportunity**

The Family Violence Child Protection partnership represents the collaboration between Child Protection (CP) and the SFV services in each of the 17 Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH) areas. The Partnership involves a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner from a SFV service co-located in the CP Office in that region to strengthen collaborative work and to build the capability of the CP workforce.
- ** This role is based between our Berry Street Northern & Child Protection Offices,** **Preston location, Wurundjeri Country.**:

- ** Part time 0.8, Fixed term role until 31/03/2026 (Parental leave cover).**:

- ** $106k pa + 11.5% superannuation + salary packaging up to $15,900 pa pro rata**

**Key Responsibilities**

The aim of the Family Violence Child Protection Partnership is to:

- Strengthen and capability build Child Protections Family Violence practice through secondary consultations in intake, investigations, case management and other phases within child protection
- Support the implementation of the Family Violence reforms and MARAM across Child Protection with the aim of improving the safety and well-being of adult and child victim survivors, and holding perpetrators in view and accountable.
- Support and promote improved understanding of the perpetrator’s pattern of coercive control and its impact on children and the ability of the protective parent to safely parent;
- Assist Child Protection to navigate the family violence system and strengthen opportunities to divert children away from statutory responses

**About You**

We're looking for experienced Family Violence Practitioners that come from all walks of life. We value people's individual contributions and strengths, driven from a commitment to have a workforce that's reflective of the community we serve.
- You use your strong family violence frameworks to support best practice responses.
- Have a strong focus on partnership work.
- Are committed to working collaboratively with the capacity to negotiate and liaise with other agencies and the community.

The specialised level of this role will require the ability to be able to reflect and analyse complex situations arising in specialist family violence casework.

**Benefits**
- Work within a team where you are truly valued.
- Trauma-informed leadership.
- Rainbow tick accredited
- A commitment to ongoing learning opportunities.
- Fortnightly supervision and monthly Reflective Practice.
- Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
- Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions including Study Leave; Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave; and Parental Leave for eligible staff members.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

**How to Apply**

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria for the position to be submitted by **midnight Thursday 13th March 2025**

Queries to **Lani Pereira - Team Leader, Personal Safety Initiative and Child Protection Partnership** on **(03) 9450 4700.**
- Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTQIA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion._