Practitioner Victims Assistance Program

**Posted**:
03/09/2025

**Closing Date**:
26/09/2025

**Job Type**:
Contract

**Location**:
Melbourne - Northern Region

**Job Category**:
Family Violence Services

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

DPV Health is a leading healthcare service provider delivering a wide variety of clinical, community health and wellbeing services across Melbourne’s northern growth corridor. DPV Health has been awarded the Premier’s Primary Healthcare Service of the Year in 2023 & 2024.

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.

**Greatness starts here**

Providing intake, assessment (inclusive of risk assessments), psycho-education and referral (including warm referrals) to allocated consumers.

Supporting consumers to develop a personal recovery plan which includes a safe and planned exit.

Delivering high quality trauma informed brief intervention and intensive therapeutic case management services (including assertive outreach) using a high throughput model.

Supporting victims of crime to effectively navigate the criminal justice system.

Working collaboratively with Victoria Police, The Orange Door and other service delivery agencies.

Maintaining accurate, confidential and timely records of client’s information.

Capturing the personal recovery outcomes for all clients using validated recovery instruments periodically.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**To be considered for this rewarding role you will have**:
Experience in working with people experiencing trauma and loss.

Understanding of Family Violence and familiarity or experience with the MARAM Framework.

Experience in intake, holistic assessment, care planning, brief interventions and case management.

A commitment to evidence-based practice with a desire to embed innovation to improve client outcomes.

An understanding of the justice system.

**Position requirements**:
Working with Children’s Check (WWCC).

Victoria Police Check.

Current Victorian Driver’s License.

Hold a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification, or at least 5 years relevant experience and be working towards meeting the new mandatory minimum qualification policy requirement.

**The fine print**

**Our Talent Experience**

We kindly request you include a covering letter, detailing your motivation for joining DPV Health and highlighting the qualities you bring to this position.

Interviews will be scheduled as they are received, so please don’t delay.