Men'S Services Coordinator

Use Courage in providing education to those who maybe perpetrators of family violence.
- Full Time Based in Armadale
- Level 5 of the SCHADS award + Super + Salary Packaging + EAP + Employee Benefits

**About HOPE**

HOPE has been a community service in Western Australia for over a century, providing much needed support to people affected by alcohol and other drugs, mental health, youth justice issues, family and domestic violence and socioeconomic disadvantage. Find out more about **Hope** on our website.

**Our Philosophy of Care**

We exist to bring HOPE to people and communities facing the toughest challenges in Western Australia. To bring diligence, optimism, courage, and collaboration to those who need us most. To achieve lasting impact, we walk with you, wherever it takes us, for however long we are needed. We believe in a community-led approach. We act in humility. We seek out the wisdom of others. We are HOPE. Each year we help thousands of people in the toughest situations to get back in control of their lives.

**About the Role**

Hope Community Services in partnership with Yorgum Healing Services (Yorgum) has been awarded a contract to establish and operate the Armadale Family and Domestic Violence Hub along with a number of other specialist service partners including:

- Ishar Multicultural Women's Health Services
- Ngala
- Women's Legal Service WA
- Aboriginal Legal Services of WA
- Marmun Mia-Mia
- 360 Health + Community
- Ruah Community Services.

The new hub will provide victim-survivors with access to services and supports in a single, accessible location, as well as providing off-site services for perpetrators and young people. The service model will see the creation of a multicultural and multidisciplinary team, while adopting a trauma informed, culturally competent approach: while the various hub team members will be employed by one of the nine service partners, they will work within the cohesive FDV Hub team culture under the leadership of the FDV Manager, to provide support to women and children who are experiencing family violence

As the Men's Services Coordinator, the role consists of Developing and leading the Men's outreach strategy including education and programs whilst ensuring engagement of community leaders, Elders and stakeholders and members in co-designing the Cultural healing Stream.

The key responsibilities include providing programs with links to connecting to country and providing counselling, support and education to those who maybe perpetrators of family violence.

**About you**

We are looking for someone who is driven and committed to achieving positive outcomes for clients and the community. To be successful in this role you will have a Social Service degree/diploma and/or significant relevant experience in this area, you will have sound cultural skills, knowledge and have built networks in the area.

During the interim service delivery phase (and at other times as needed) you will be required to assist in the set up and packing away of furniture and other equipment at different sites. Therefore, some manual handling and other physical tasks are required as part of this role; the incumbent must be willing, fit and able to undertake these tasks on a regular basis

This role requires the following clearances:

- National Police Clearance (no older than 3 months)
- Working with Children Check and
- Current unrestricted WA Driver's licence

**Our culture**

Hope strives to provide a safe workplace and promotes progressive policies that prioritise the health, safety and the unique needs of our team. Hope's ambition is to be an employer of choice by supporting staff to grow, learn, innovate and achieve their potential. We invest in developing our people to sustain a workforce built with the ethos of 'growing our own'.

We welcome diversity in our workforce, in all its forms, including people with lived experience of social comorbidities, international background, LGBTQIA+ and differing abilities. We believe diversity in our workforce means richer collaboration at HOPE. Inclusive initiatives and behaviours at Hope go beyond tolerance so that individuals feel respected, accepted, and celebrated. Hope is currently in the process of being accredited for Rainbow tick, to show our commitment to safe, inclusive practice and service delivery for LGBTQIA+ people.

We have also been working with Local Aboriginal Elders to improve how we support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to increase our number of Aboriginal staff.

You can find out more about **Hope** on our website link.

**Your benefits**
- Knowing you are making a real difference in your community and being in a team that celebrates your successes and supports you during challenges
- Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via **AccessPay)**:

- Discounts with a major health insurance provider
- Free external, confidential counselling through our EAP Service and clini