Specialist Family Violence Response
1 week ago
Work for a NFP organisation that celebrates all cultures and diversity
- Be innovative and creative in supporting young people in your local community
- A culture that values and supports professional development
Our Northern Specialist Family Violence Service (NSFVS) team are the lead provider for the integrated family violence service system in the Northern Metropolitan sub-region. The NSFVS provides support services to victim survivors of family violence including children, inclusive of cisgender heterosexual women; and people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Community (LGBTIQ+).
**The Opportunity**
The Northern Specialist Family Violence Service aims to support victim survivors and their children to remain safely within their community and maintain a life free of violence while also addressing the emotional and practical needs and issues arising from the violence.
We currently have **two roles available** and both positions are based at our Preston office**on Wurundjeri Country with a mix of working in the office and working from home.
- ** Part-time (0.8), Permanent role**:
- ** Part-time (0.8), Fixed term until June 2026 (parental leave cover)**:
- ** $106K pro rata pa + Super and Salary packaging**
**Key Responsibilities**
The primary objective of a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner Response
- Brief, Intermediate and Intensive Role is to:
- Complete comprehensive risk assessment with victim survivor’s adult and child in accordance with Victoria’s Multi Agency Risk assessment and Management (MARAM) framework.
- In consultation with victim survivors identify the victim survivor’s specialist family violence goals.
- Be willing to meet victim survivor’s face to face in an office setting and settings in the community assessed as appropriate and safe for both practitioner and victim survivor
- Support victim survivors to navigate complex service system responses.
- Hold a case load of between 8 to 10 families.
- Be able to support co-workers hold cases due to staff leave, respond to victim survivors of family violence currently on a waitlist.
**About You**
Previous experience working with family violence victim survivors and doing risk assessment and safety planning is desirable.
**Extra Benefits**
- Regular reflective supervision
- $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
- Flexible work arrangements
- 10 weeks paid parental leave
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
**How to Apply**
Applications including** resume**and **cover letter**to be submitted by **11pm, Monday 23 June 2025**
- Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion._
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply_
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