Specialist Family Violence Advocate

About the role
- Looking for a change? Family violence work could be for you
- Join a leading specialist service to deepen your family violence understanding and practice
- Work effectively within an integrated team made up of a number of professional disciplines
- Full Time (38 hours per week) and Part Time (30.4 hours per week) opportunities available
- Shockingly, a woman is killed by her intimate partner on average every week. Imagine the impact you can make by working with women and children experiencing family violence._

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Advocate in our Support and Recovery team you will work with victim survivors referred through the Orange Door and tailor a support plan to their needs. Alongside practical things like continued risk assessment, safety planning and support to navigate the court system, you’ll work with victim survivors to hold hope, validate experience, and build sense of agency and self-belief.

WHY JOIN FVREE?
- We are a specialist service so we can help you build a deep understanding of family violence practice
- We offer wrap around support for new people to develop skills on the job
- We are a welcoming, supportive and inclusive team - we are proud of our culture
- We walk the talk on inclusion: bring your whole self to work
- We believe in lifelong learning and support you to engage in professional development
- We have great benefits like parental leave, EAP and wellbeing supports
- We know flexibility is important - work a day a week from home in full time roles

ABOUT YOU

You might be
- A person with lived experience of family violence wanting to help others in similar situations
- Studying social work or hold a qualification or relevant experience in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements for specialist family violence practitioners*
- A person with knowledge, experience and skills in; intake, family violence risk assessment and safety planning, case planning and referrals, and client advocacy
- An experienced family violence practitioner wanting to join a progressive specialist service
- Working in social services like mental health, homelessness or AOD and looking for a fresh opportunity

We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and welcome interest in our work from people with a range of experiences.

You will be deeply aligned with our values and understand that gender inequality is one of the main drivers of family violence. You’ll be motivated by advocating and upholding the rights of women and children to be safe and free.

Following recommendations by the Royal Commission it has become a requirement for Family Violence Practitioners to have, or work towards, minimum qualifications like a social work degree, or Graduate Certificate in Family Violence. *For more information on the mandatory minimum qualifications please visit _here_._

KEEN TO APPLY OR WANT TO KNOW MORE?

To find out more, call Gina Kennard, Senior Manager - Support and Recovery on (03) 9259 4200.

To apply, please include a CV and brief Cover Letter outlining:

- What strengths, skills and experience you could bring to FVREE?
- OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION_
- Due to the specialist nature of the work and services FVREE provides FVREE predominantly employs women, including women from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) communities, as per the findings of Equal Opportunity exemption H327/2017 and by special measure._

Position Description : SFVA PD ADS3823.docx

To find out more, call Gina Kennard, Senior Manager - Support and Recovery on (03) 9259 4200.

To apply, please include a CV and brief Cover Letter outlining:

- What strengths, skills and experience you could bring to FVREE?

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Profession: #Social_and_Support_Work

Sector: #Children, #DomesticFamily_Violence, #Families, #Women