Family Violence Applicant Practitioner, Melbourne

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Magistrates Court Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / Ongoing

Organisation: Magistrates Court

**Salary**: $95,102 - $107,905

Occupation: Family Violence Workers

Reference: VG/MC2623
- Ongoing supervision
- Varied career progression opportunities within the Family Violence Branch and broader organisation
- Professional development planning and opportunities

**About Us**

The Magistrates' Court of Victoria (MCV) is a jurisdiction within the Court Services Victoria statutory authority and has a long history of providing justice for the people of Victoria in metropolitan and regional courts across the state. The Court determines in excess of 300,000 cases per annum at 51 venues, equating to approximately 90 percent of all cases that come before Victorian courts each year. The Court aims to be an innovative, accessible, and responsive court that provides quality services to the Victorian community.

**About the Role**

Use your skills and knowledge of family violence to support Affected Family Members during their court process.

Through single session engagements with applicants, you will assess applicants' immediate nonlegal needs, conduct risk assessments and safety planning, and provide applicants with information and referrals to external service providers as needed.

You will establish and maintain relationships and work closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including Judiciary, Court Registrars and community-based organisations. You will utilise the MARAM framework and share risk-relevant information under the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme to support the management of risk and safety to Affected Family Members. In return for your contribution, you will receive the following:

- Ongoing supervision and professional development
- Competitive remuneration and annual salary increase as provided for in the VPS Enterprise Agreement 2024
- Varied career progression opportunities within the Family Violence Branch and broader organisation
- Professional development planning with opportunity for eligible annual progression payments
- Great support within the family violence practitioner team

**About You**

You will hold a relevant tertiary qualification in a related discipline such as social work, psychology or social sciences, and demonstrated experience and knowledge of Family Violence including drivers, risks and issues that can acerbate family violence risk. You will also bring with you sound skills in the provision of support, crisis containment and risk assessment and sound stakeholder engagement skills

A Key Selection Criteria will not be required however applicants must submit a detailed cover letter with their resume.

**How to apply**
- resume
- a short cover letter

**Other information**

CSV is the employer of staff at Courts Group. CSV has a firm commitment through its Koori Employment Plan to increase participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across our workforce.

We value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. Those from the LGBTQIA+ community, women, people of all ages, with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse people, and those who are neurodiverse, are encouraged to apply.

We aim to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.



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