Family Safety Contact Officer

**Posted**:
03/02/2025

**Closing Date**:
24/02/2025

**Job Type**:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
Melbourne - Northern Region

**Job Category**:
Family Violence Services

**Great People. Great Careers. Excellent Healthcare**

DPV Health is a leading healthcare service provider in Melbourne’s northern growth corridor, delivering a wide variety of clinical, community health and wellbeing services.

Our People are the foundation of DPV Health; they are what make our organisation thrive and the ones who create meaningful change in people's lives. Over 700 professionals support and deliver excellent health care to our community at DPV Health. We are always looking for passionate, driven, great people to join our team and make a lasting impact. That is why we foster a workplace culture that is as rewarding as it is inclusive. We are committed to supporting Our People to lead fulfilling lives, no matter who they are, or where they are from - or where they are going.

Our workplace culture is committed to DPV Health values and celebrates workforce diversity reinforcing the positive approach we have to the way people contribute, communicate, engage and interact. Our People deserve to feel empowered and supported as they pursue their professional goals, learn new skills, and achieve meaningful milestones in their work. At DPV Health, we foster an environment that promotes greater growth, innovation, and collaboration, so you can feel elevated every day.

Our employee benefits, connect, recognise, and support Our People, acknowledging and valuing everyday contributions to the success and culture at DPV Health. We strive to ensure that Our People thrive at work and in all personal and professional pursuits. We invest in Our People, proudly offering a diverse range of opportunities including knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, leadership development, connectedness, and celebration; these are key pillars in our culture.

Job Description

**About the role**

The Family Violence Family Safety Contact Worker (FSC) is a pivotal part of the Men’s Behaviour Change Program. FSCs work with men’s partners and affected family members including children for the purpose of assessing risk and supporting safety. The role includes risk assessment, safety planning, case work, information sharing and referral.

There are full and part-time roles available.

Desired Skills and Experience

**About You**
- Knowledge of family violence and experience within the family violence sector including experience working with victim survivors.
- A passion for integrated service delivery, service reform and improving outcomes for women, children and families.
- Working with children check.
- Victorian Police Check.
- Current Victorian Drivers License.

**About the perks**
- Salary Packaging - part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, saving thousands in tax each year
- Work-Life Balance - we understand that work-life balance is important and accommodate flexibility for team members wherever possible.
- Health and Wellbeing - we promote health and wellbeing for our people, just like we would for the communities we serve. We provide flu vaccinations on site and free, confidential counselling services are available just to name a few.
- Professional Development - with access to modern, digital eLearning you will have flexibility of course timing with access to shorter, more customized content. Accompanied by face-to-face training, your continual professional development is always top of our priority list.

**The fine print**
- **Applications close 24 February**:

- Applications will be considered as received
- Full driver license and travel between sites may be required.

If you are seeking a role in an excellent, innovative, and supportive team, in a progressive and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you.
- DPV Health is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion._