Specialist Family Violence Practitioner
5 days ago
**Work options**: Flexible
- Full time, fixed term until 30 June 2026 on Wurundjeri Country
- Access to additional salary packaging for meals & accommodation
- A culture that values and supports professional development
Berry Street's Northern Specialist Family Violence Service (NSFVS) is 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 and their children inclusive of cis gendered heterosexual women and, their children; and people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Community (LGBTIQ+) and their children.
NSFVS provides a range of specialist family violence programs. The 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.
- ** Preston location, Wurundjeri Country**:
- ** Full time, fixed term (until 30/06/2026)**:
- ** Base salary $106k plus super and salary packaging**
**Your Opportunity**
The Short-Term Accommodation and Response (STAR) program will extend the reach of the specialist family violence response to a small cohort of victim survivors who are parents or in the late stages of pregnancy, or with a young child to access on site ‘live in’ therapeutic services and/or access a suite of community programs.
**What does a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner do?**
Primarily the role is expected to be assessing family violence risk and working intensively with victim survivors and their children to identify goals and case plan.
The STAR programs goals and objectives are to:
- Supporting both adult and child victim survivors to recover from trauma.
- Provide personal and psychological safety.
- Strengthen the attachment between the non-offending parent and child.
- Deliver case managed goals.
The NSFVS service operates within a collaborative & supportive team environment with a strong focus on partnerships with relevant external organisations.
**About you**
**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 + other generous leave conditions
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family.
- Leave loading 17.5%
**How to Apply**
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by** 11pm, Wednesday 13 November.**
Queries to** Sara Conroy - Program Manager, NSFVS, Crisis & High Risk on (03) 9450 4762.**
- 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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