Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

Brief Description
Role Purpose
The Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (CALD) is an integral member of the family violence team. This role delivers high quality support to women and children who are experiencing family violence across the Bayside Peninsula Region.

The role involves extensive knowledge and understanding of women and children who belong to a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community and are experiencing family violence, the impact of trauma and importance of working with interpreters when supporting CALD victim survivors.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake MARAM brief to comprehensive risk and needs assessment with women and children experiencing family violence.
• Coordinate the delivery of a high-quality family violence response that is child-focused, developmentally appropriate, and culturally safe to children and women accessing specialist family violence services.
• Ensure that service delivery address the unique risks, needs and the impact of trauma posed by family violence to women and children from a CALD background.
• Provide specialist family violence response to women and children who are/have experienced family violence.
• Complete safety planning and liaise with other services and stakeholders to increase safety of women and children experiencing family violence. When safe and age appropriate, work directly with children to develop their own safety plans.

About You

• Appropriate tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, or a related tertiary discipline is essential or a Graduate Certificate in Family Violence as per Recommendation 209
• Demonstrated experience using MARAM to assess risk, needs and protective factors of women and children, safety planning and determining appropriate referral pathways
• Demonstrated experience working with women and children presenting with complex needs and behaviours (e.g. trauma, substance abuse, mental health, parenting issues, disability) and/or from
• CALD or indigenous backgrounds and/or LGBTIQA+ communities.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing written reports, maintaining records, including case notes and data base reporting
• Demonstrated success in maintaining external networks and collaborative relationships with professionals both internal and external

Minimum Mandatory Qualifications Requirements
Details on the minimum mandatory qualifications requirements that are in place in Victoria are available on Please contact us on if you have any questions about these requirements.

About Us
Our strategy outlines the world we want to see and our role in advancing it. We aspire for all women, girls, and families to be safe, well, strong, and connected. We strive for equity, dignity and social justice for women, girls and families by collaborating globally and acting locally, supporting our communities in Australia and New Zealand to thrive.

We want women, girls and families to live full and dignified lives, have dignified income and enjoy financial wellbeing. We aim to provide place-based, people-centred, holistic services while working at the system level to achieve bold and audacious reform. We currently offer microfinance programs and products, financial counselling and coaching, family and domestic violence support services, family and youth programs, playgroups, education programs and community houses. These services are complemented by research and strong advocacy to address the underlying structural causes of injustice, exclusion, and inequality.

Good Shepherd employees are committed to inclusive practice that responds to the specific needs, context, and circumstances of service participants. We embrace the diversity and intersectionality of individuals and recognise a person's right to a unique identity comprising culture, language, ability, community, gender, sex, sexual orientation and lived experience.

Benefits

• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year)
• Paid study leave
• Paid parental leave
• Gifted leave at Christmas and Easter
• Flexible work hours/working from home where possible
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service
• more

How To Apply
To apply please submit a short covering letter outlining your relevant skills and experience along with your CV. The role closes 7th September 2025, however applications may be reviewed and progressed as received. To request a copy of the position description, please email

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We recognise the rich diversity of people across Australia. We are committed to ensuring that our team is reflective of the diverse community we serve and to supporting a culture of equity, inclusion and diversity.

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand is a Child Safe employer. Employment is subject to satisfactory referee checks, a current employment working with Children Check, National Criminal History check and proof of the right to work in Australia.