Support & Safety Hub Practitioner

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The Salvation Army Australia’s Family Violence Stream provides a wide range of services around the country to support women and women with children impacted by family and domestic violence. We offer refuge, children’s and parenting services, counselling, support, men’s programs, accommodation and advice to women and children who are experiencing, or who have experienced, family violence.

The Support and Safety Hub, also known as The Orange Door (the Hub) provides support and assistance to women and children affected by Family Violence who are leaving violent and abusive relationships.

The Support and Safety Hubs will bring together different workforces and practices to create an integrated Hub team and a consolidated intake point in Inner Gippsland Area to create a new way of support for:

- women, children, young people and families experiencing family violence
- perpetrators of family violence
- Families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of children

The Support and Safety Hub Team will include a mix of staff employed by Family Safety Victoria and staff employed by Community Service Organisations, Aboriginal services and DHHS, including VACCA, Ramahyuck, Anglicare Victoria, Quantum Support Services and Latrobe Community Health Services.

We are currently seeking a values-driven and proactive Support and Safety Hub Practitioner. This position will work collaboratively with clients to empower them to identify and achieve their goals, whilst maintaining clear boundaries relating to their role. Clients are assisted using a strength-based, trauma informed approach to identify goals to empower them to work towards achieving positive outcomes.

You will successfully
- Provide intake services for women and children escaping family violence
- Participate in an active-duty roster and respond to Police L17 referrals, Walk Ins and Telephone calls coming in to the Hub and complete intake process for those clients who want to engage with family violence support
- Work closely with the local Family Violence services [including Victoria Police], child wellbeing and family services agencies, the Aboriginal Liaison Worker, Senior Child Protection Practitioner, Community Based Child Protection, and other service providers to provide creative, flexible intake service responses for children and families with complex issues and who may be difficult to engage
- Provide a range of short-term crisis counselling, information, advocacy, referrals and
- support to clients
- Provide advocacy with all relevant government and non-government agencies and develop and maintain networks with other agencies to enable clients to have access to all community resources

Reporting to the Team Leader, Support and Safety Hub this position This position is based in Morwell, location may vary between Morwell, Leongatha and Wonthaggi, and Warragul.

This is a permanent full-time position. We are also advertising a maximum term part time position (22.8 hours per week).

You will have
- Relevant tertiary qualification at a Bachelor degree or higher level (Australian Qualifications Framework Level 7 or above) or meets the eligibility requirements for applicants without a Bachelor of Social work or equivalent*
- Relevant experience in a social service environment.
- Experience working with clients with complex needs and multiple vulnerabilities.
- Well-rounded understanding of Family Violence drivers, risk assessment and safety planning
- Experience working with families and children experiencing complex needs and risk issues in any of the following services areas: Family Services, Child Protection, Housing, Family Violence, Disability, Mental Health and/or Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Demonstrated ability to conduct comprehensive safety and wellbeing assessments and work within the ‘Best Interests Principles’ as outlined within the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
- A current VIC Drivers Licence
- Valid VIC Employee Working with Children Check
- Ability to provide proof of Eligibility to Work in Australia
- MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

The minimum mandatory qualifications requirements are in place in Victoria and have been since the 1st of July 2021. They are available on


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