Family Violence Senior Clinician

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services. On 1 January 2026, Alfred Health will come together with Kooweerup Regional Health Service, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health, a newly merged health service with more than 22,000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians. The new health service will provide people with the best possible care with services that support them throughout their lives. The merger will also strengthen our workforce, providing new training, education and career opportunities. Subject to final approval on 1 January 2026, all employees from the five health services will transfer to Bayside Health.

• Fixed Term Full Time Position until June 2026
• Full Time at 80 hours per fortnight including ADO 
• Grade 3 Social Work Classification (SC31-SC34) 
• Alfred Hospital Location 

The Family Violence Program 

The Family Violence (FV) Program comprises 4 EFT and is led by the Family Violence Program Lead. Since April 2021, the whole-of-health service response to family violence has been overseen by the Family Violence Team at Alfred Health. As a prescribed organisation under Victorian family violence legislation, Alfred Health is required to meet specific obligations, including alignment with MARAM practice responsibilities.

POSITION SUMMARY 

This position will contribute to the delivery of high-quality family violence education while maintaining a direct clinical caseload. To strengthen the organisation’s whole-of-hospital FV response, an online FV education module was launched in 2025 via the LEX Alfred Health Education platform to ensure consistent training across all staffing groups. 

The Family Violence Senior Clinician will provide a strong clinical response to FV referrals while supporting the Social Work workforce in managing family violence presentations.  This role carries a daily clinical caseload and delivers frontline expertise to meet increasing referral demands, contributing to ongoing service development and quality improvement.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, the position will actively support FV education across Alfred Health, including facilitation of online training and limited face-to-face sessions as required.  Working in collaboration with the Family Violence Program Lead and Family Violence Clinical Lead, this position strengthens Alfred Health’s family violence response. This role will need to work with the Family Violence leads and Alfred Social work Management to streamline and consolidate the FV Educational response across the organisation.  Data collection and education feedback will need to form part of this role.

Skills and Qualifications Required 

• Eligibility for membership of Australian Association of Social Workers
• Bachelor of Social Work, or recognised equivalent
• Minimum seven years of clinical social work experience including possessing high level of specialist knowledge and significant clinical experience working within the Family Violence Sector
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and working towards post graduate qualifications desirable
• Substantial experience in social work within a hospital or health-based context

Staff Benefits 

• Generous salary packaging and novated leasing are available through Maxxia
• Onsite staff gym (Alfred Hospital)
• Modern onsite library facilities, exclusive to Alfred Health staff
• Access to health and wellbeing incentives
• Discounted health insurance 
• Staff Car Parking (subject to availability)

For further enquiries, please contact Family Violence Clinical Lead Gemma Comeford on 0428 932 400

Applications close on January 09, 2026

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption. 

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au