Family Violence Team Leader

Parenting Assessment and Skill Development Service (PASDS) Practitioner
Full-time - 5-month Contract
Sunshine, VIC
About Us
At Baptcare, we care. Our Mission and Vision are lived through our WE CARE Values: for our residents, customers, clients, partners, and supporters; with the very young through to the very old, the vulnerable, with families through all of life’s stages and challenges.
Baptcare is a purpose driven organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. Focused on providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.
Our Values are Wellbeing, Ethics, Co-creating, Accountability, Respect and Effectiveness.
About the Role
The Family Violence Team Leader is a key leadership position within the Children and Family Services portfolio. Baptcare delivers a range of free therapeutic, family violence interventions to individuals, children, young people, and families via from individual, dyadic, family or group sessions in the +WAVES (Positive Wellbeing After Violence EndS) and +SHIFT Positive Support and Healing creates Innovative Forward Thinking) programs.
The Team Leader shares responsibility for overseeing day-to-day operations with a Co-Team Leader, with shared responsibility for Baptcare’s family violence service offering. The team leaders work collaboratively to lead out referral and intake assessments, case management, brief interventions, and group work whilst ensuring a focus on therapeutic recovery interventions and supporting partner agency staff.
These roles collectively ensure the delivery of culturally sensitive, trauma-informed services across the Western Melbourne, Brimbank and Melton local government areas, in alignment with DFFH funding and strategic objectives of Family Safety Victoria and Baptcare.
About You
You are passionate about continuing to grow your career in the Family and Community Services space. Solutions focused and up for making a difference, you align your approach to strategy to achieve organisational and divisional goals.
**You will ideally bring the following**:
Tertiary Qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or other relevant Human Services qualification
Experience in providing therapeutic interventions
Experienced people manager and leader
Skills and experience relevant to Recommendation 209 requirements
Key Selection Criteria
Proficient people manager, including ability to supervise, coach and develop staff
Familiarity with program-funded environments and risk assessment frameworks
Ability to oversee operations, including effective delegation and prioritisation
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation and problem-solving
Evidence-informed understanding of child development and the impact of trauma and violence on adults, children, and young people
Ability to utilise individual face to face therapeutic skills with adults
Be self-directed and work autonomously and demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills
Knowledge of information sharing in the context of family violence provisions and the child information sharing scheme, aligning with the MARAM Framework
Ability to undertake client centred therapeutic assessments and develop a therapeutic goal plan in partnership with the client that reflects the individual needs of the client
Ability to adjust to meet the changing situations of the client group while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through
Strong computer skills and use of full suite of Microsoft office
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation and problem-solving
Adaptable to changing environments while maintaining and promoting client-centred practices
Alignment and commitment to Baptcare’s Mission, Vision, Values and strategic direction
For You
Baptcare is focused on living our values, not just talking about them. You’ll find the culture at Baptcare is one of genuine respect, support, and positive intention. We work hard to achieve results through change, continuous improvement, and ongoing focus on providing the best service delivery to our stakeholders.
Work with a supportive and dynamic team.
A competitive salary, plus access to the tax benefits of salary packaging and novated leasing.
Career and development opportunities.
Access to confidential counselling and support services.
Flexible working within a local community.
Be part of an organisation and a team that is driven to make a difference to the lives of our vulnerable community members.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
The successful applicant will be required to undergo a National Criminal History check.
Driver’s license and own reliable vehicle
Working with Childrens Check (or willingness to obtain)
COVID-19 Vaccinations per Baptcare’s Vaccination Policy
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