Specialist Family Violence Response – Brief, Intermediate and Intensive.Hybrid

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• Preston location, Wurundjeri Country
• 2 Full Time, Permanent roles available
• $106K pa + Super and Salary packaging

The Opportunity

Our Northern Specialist Family Violence Service (NSFVS) team are the lead provider for the integrated family violence service system in the Northern Metropolitan sub-region. The NSFVS provides support services to victim survivors of family violence including children, inclusive of cisgender heterosexual women; and people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Community (LGBTIQ+). 

The service aims to support victim survivors and their children to remain safely within their community and maintain a life free of violence while also addressing the emotional and practical needs and issues arising from the violence. 

All positions are based at our Preston office with a mix of working in the office and working from home.

Key Responsibilities

The primary objective of a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner Response- Brief, Intermediate and Intensive Role is to:

• Complete comprehensive risk assessment with victim survivor’s adult and child in accordance with Victoria’s Multi Agency Risk assessment and Management (MARAM) framework.
• In consultation with victim survivors identify the victim survivor’s specialist family violence goals.
• Be willing to meet victim survivor’s face to face in an office setting and settings in the community assessed as appropriate and safe for both practitioner and victim survivor
• Support victim survivors to navigate complex service system responses.
• Hold a case load of between 8 to 10 families.
• Be able to support co-workers hold cases due to staff leave, respond to victim survivors of family violence currently on a waitlist.

About You

The successful candidate will hold a minimum Bachelor level qualification in Social Work or recent employment in the family violence sector or equivalency met through the Rec 209 7 Equivalency Principles in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements. Please see https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualificationsspecialist-family-violence-practitioners for further information.

Previous experience working with family violence victim survivors and doing risk assessment and safety planning is desirable.

Extra Benefits

• Regular reflective supervision
• $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
• Flexible work arrangements
• 10 weeks paid parental leave
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria for the position to be submitted by Midnight on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.

Queries to Victoria Hobson Program Manager Family Violence Case Management, Counselling and Communities on 03 9450 4700 

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply