Men's Behaviour Change Program Facilitator

Posted:

05/11/2025

Closing Date:

21/11/2025

Job Type:

Casual

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

DPV Health Offers a range of services for men who use violence including a men's case management services, men's behaviour change programs and post participation services.

Our men's behaviour change program places the safety of victim survivors and children and the centre of our intervention and invites men to consider and take responsibility for the impact of their behaviour on people in their lives. The program runs over 20 weeks and integrates psychoeducation, awareness raising and skills drawn from dialectical behaviour therapy to A case management program for up to six months providing weekly individual support to men

About the opportunity:

These positions sit within the Mental Health and Family Violence Directorate. The role of Principal Facilitators is integral to the program and specifically creates a space to:

Encourage men to take responsibility for their use of family violence

Provide an opportunity for men to explore attitudes and beliefs that may influence their use of violence

Increase men's understanding of the impact of their use of family violence on their partners and/or children

Teach men skills to manage their emotions, distress and interpersonal effectiveness

Assist men in making changes towards developing safe and respectful relationship with their partners and children.

The Principal Facilitator offers a specialist response including facilitation of weekly groups. In this role, you will demonstrate the following.

Proven capacities to work effectively with people impacted by family violence, including male perpetrators of violence.

Demonstrated capacity to conduct risk assessments using the MARAM framework and safety planning for women and children and understanding of the FVISS and the CISS.

Experience in facilitating groups where there is varying client engagement

A good understanding of non-collusive practice and gendered context of family violence

An understanding of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or a preparedness to undertake training

Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

A preparedness to work within an evidence-based framework and commitment to evaluation

A sensitivity to and understanding of clients' needs from diverse backgrounds.

Bring your great, everyday

DPV Health is looking for candidates with:

Working with Children's Check (WWCC)

Victoria Police Check

Current Victorian Driver's License

a relevant tertiary undergraduate degree (in social work, psychology, counselling or a related subject)

a graduate diploma or graduate certificate qualification in men's family violence

a 100 hours of experience facilitating men's behaviour change groups.

The fine print

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check, hold a valid WWCC

Closing date for applications 21 November 2025

Applicants will be interviewed and offers made as applications are received.

Our Talent Experience

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

For further information, please contact We will be actively reviewing applications as they are received, so please don't delay.

Make your next move, a great one

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DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace for our staff and clients. To us diversity means people of any age, family situation, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical sex characteristics, ability or disability, health, life experience, socio-economic situation, faith, spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.

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We are seeking Casual Principal Practitioners

Additional information can be obtained from the attached position description.