Family Violence and Child Safe Program Lead

7 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Community Services, Health and Allied Health, Other, Medical, Nursing, Aged Care

Reference: 44430
- Full time or part time, permanent role
- Heidelberg location, with flexible working arrangements
- Base 110K plus, + Super + Salary Packaging + LSL entitlement

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the program**:
The Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence (SHRFV) Project commenced at Austin Health in early 2017 and is designed to increase the skills and confidence of staff, develop, and share resources and build hospital capability to better respond to family violence. The scope has now widened to incorporate the implementation of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) Framework and Information Sharing Schemes (FVISS and CISS).

**About the role**:
As the Family Violence and Child Safe Program Lead you will be responsible for planning, implementing, and reporting on activities in relation to key Austin Health priorities, in the areas of SHRFV, MARAM alignment and Child Safety.

Key responsibilities will see you:

- Review, action and monitor key project objectives as stated within the Austin Health Family Violence and Child Safe Action Plan
- Provide expert advice and guidance to support the continued development of Austin Health’s response to family violence
- Direct, lead and implement a “whole of health” education and communication strategy and associated policy, procedure, guidelines and clinical forms/tools and educational resources
- Manage relationships with external and internal partners and stakeholders to support the project deliverables

**About you**:
You will have experience in and understanding of people leadership, quality and service improvement and clinical expertise, to ensure the delivery of valued services and outcomes. You’ll be comfortable leading one direct report, as well as providing secondary consultation to social workers and other hospital staff.

Ideally, you’ll have:

- A degree in Social Work, with at least 10 years’ experience
- An understanding of the Victorian Family Violence Reform and organisational requirements to meet Child Safe Standards
- The ability to provide strategic input to system and organisational improvements
- Experience in building and participating in internal and external stakeholder partnerships and governance networks
- Strong problem solving and project management skills

**Our benefits**:
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
- Flexible, hybrid working arrangements

**Inclusion at Austin**:
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**Closing date: 19/10/22

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