Specialist Family Violence Counselling Intake

2 weeks ago

Preston, Australia Berry Street Full time

**Work options**: Hybrid

Work from home and office
- **
Preston location, Wurundjeri Country**:

- ** Part time (0.6FTE), permanent**:

- **Base salary $106k pro rata plus super and salary packaging**

**The Opportunity**

Berry Street’s Northern Specialist Family Violence Service (NSFVS) is a provider and access point for integrated family violence services in the Northern Metro Melbourne sub-region. The service provides a range of support services to families who have experienced family violence.

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.

This role will work in a hybrid environment of part working from home and in the office.

**Key Responsibilities**

In this role you will provide intake and triage response for incoming referrals for family violence counselling. You will work from a framework that promotes a sense of self and encourages the victim survivors own empowerment and will have an understanding of the multi factorial contributors to the experience of family violence by an individual.

You will understand therapeutic readiness for practitioners referring victim survivors to family violence counselling and you will support the flow of referrals to the counselling team.

**About You**

We're looking for experienced Family Violence Practitioners that come from all walks of life. We value people's individual contributions and strengths, driven from a commitment to have a workforce that's reflective of the community we serve.

The specialised level of this role will require the ability to be able to reflect and analyse complex situations arising in specialist family violence casework and the commitment to working collaboratively with the capacity to negotiate and liaise with other agencies and the community.

**The Benefits**
- Work within a team where you are truly valued.
- Trauma-informed leadership.
- Rainbow tick accredited
- A commitment to ongoing learning opportunities.
- Fortnightly supervision and monthly Reflective Practice.
- Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
- Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions including Study Leave; Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave; and Parental Leave for eligible staff members.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

**How to Apply**

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria for the position to be submitted by midnight on **Sunday 15 September 2024.**

Queries to Gina Pinches, Team Leader of Family Violence Counselling on (03) 9450 4700.
- 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 LGBTQIA+. 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._

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