Family Violence Practitioner

We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.

About the Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre

We are a client-centred organisation, supporting the community throughout Barwon, Wimmera, and the South West regions, offering a range of specialist support services to people impacted by sexual and family violence, encompassing 24 hour crisis care, specialist response services, early intervention programs, Victims Assistance Program, Community Legal Services, trauma recovery programs, professional training and primary prevention initiatives.

About The Role

This role provides high quality, safe and effective service responses to Victorians seeking support and services through The Orange Door Barwon.  As a practitioner, you will work as an integrated member of The Orange Door Barwon team to deliver an integrated practice model.

Why work for The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre?

The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre takes pride in being an employer of choice; we are passionate about the wellbeing of our team members and we celebrate diversity and inclusion in all we do. We have a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction and provide a number of complementary benefits to our staff, some of our benefits include:

• Generous above award Enterprise Agreement entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• 5 weeks annual leave and access to purchased leave for full and part time employees
• Paid parental leave
• Salary packaging
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives
• Flu vaccinations
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Social initiatives
• Positive workplace culture

The SAFV Centre acknowledges and respects the First Nations ownership of the land where we work.

About You

You will be a values driven person, motivated to make a difference and hold the client at the centre of everything you do. You thrive working autonomously and also collaboratively within a dynamic, team environment.

If you share our vision for a community free from family violence and sexual assault and are motivated to make a difference, we would like to hear from you.  We pride ourselves on being a great place to work. You care for our clients and we care for you, including by investing in your development and wellbeing. You will have access to leading specialists and training and development that supports you in your role and in your longer term career journey. We offer a variety of career pathway options, leading salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements that help you manage your work and your life.

The successful candidate will be required to maintain a current Working with Children's Check and National Police Check at their own expense.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential Qualifications and Experience

Your application must address the following:

• A relevant graduate or post graduate qualification in psychology, social work or other equivalent qualification (or be working towards this.
• A minimum one year relevant experience.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Understanding of the drivers and causes of family violence from a gendered, feminist, and structural perspective, including the impact on children, individuals, and families, and an ability to apply intersectional feminist and structural theory in context.
• Knowledge of the effects and impact of family violence and interpersonal trauma on adults, young people, children, and non-offending family members.
• Knowledge of the child and family services sector and/or broader social services sector.
• Ability to conduct trauma-informed family violence risk assessments, develop safety plans, manage risk, and deliver brief crisis interventions.
• Skilled in applying risk-relevant assessment tools and frameworks, including the child wellbeing assessments as per the best Interests Case Practice Model (BICPM) and Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management assessments (MARAM, to promote the safety, stability, wellbeing, and development of children and young people.
• Ability to work effectively within an integrated, multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated capacity to advocate, communicate, liaise, and collaborate with colleagues across disciplines and complex systems.
• Demonstrated self-management skills and abilities by inviting feedback and understanding of own behaviour and the impact it has on others.
• Capacity to manage complex and demanding workloads while prioritising risk and needs of adults, young people and children as well as people using violence and consulting with Team Leaders and Practice Leaders as required.
• Ability to maintain accurate, confidential case notes in the Client Relationship Management (CRM) system and manage client information in accordance with Family Violence Information Sharing (FVISS) and Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) requirements.

Other

• Commitment to the vision, values and purposes of The SAFV Centre.
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement and cultural equity in service delivery.
• Current Victorian Driver's Licence.

Referees

Applicants must provide the name and current contact details of 2-3 professional referees including the most recent or current supervisor.

Period of Appointment

This position is ongoing, subject to funding.

There are multiple positions available.

Hours of work

• The position is 1.0 FTE full time. Part-time arrangements may be considered.
• Location of the position is at Geelong
• Hours will usually be worked during business hours of 9.00am to 5.06 pm between Monday to Friday based on the needs of the service
• Flexibility in working hours will be required from time to time as the need arises.

Salary and Conditions

Annual salary range is $100, $105,371.24 plus superannuation. Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills.

Industrial Instrument: The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre Enterprise Agreement 2023.

Salary Packaging: Provided via Maxxia. PBI status with other expenses available to package above this cap. The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre is a Public Benevolent Institution.

Superannuation: The employer will also make superannuation payments on your behalf in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.

Probationary Period – 6 months with a review conducted during this time.

How To Apply

All applications must address the key selection criteria outlined in the PD. The position description is located here.

For a confidential discussion, please contact our People and Culture team on

We are currently accepting applications from direct applicants only, no recruitment agency applications accepted.

Please note if you are applying via seek go to The SAFV Centre career portal to access the position description