Specialist Family Violence Team Leader - People Who Use Violence

Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people.

We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!

• Ballarat location, Wadawurrung Country
• Full time, 12 months Fixed Term Contract from start date.
• Base salary $119k + Super & Salary Packaging

About the Western Family Violence Team

The Western Family Violence Service (WFVS) is the lead provider for the integrated family violence service system in the Central Highlands sub-region. The WFVS provides support and intervention services to adult and child victim-survivors, as well as people who use violence. Our programs aim to support victim-survivors to remain safely within their community and to recover from the impacts of family violence and, to support accountability and change for people who have used or are using force or violence.

Berry Street delivers a range of casework and group interventions for people using violence or force. This includes Perpetrator Case Management, Caring Dads and Place for Change.

Your Opportunity

The Specialist Family Violence Team Leader for People Who Use Violence will provide supervision, support and consultation to the case management, case work and group facilitator within the program area. They will also support the enhancement of best practice across the team.

The Team Leader will attend meetings as required focusing on enhancing partnerships with services as identified. The role will work closely with the team leader group and program managers.

At times the role will be required to respond to persons with complex needs and provide other operational duties as required.

Please see position description for further information on the roles expectations and requirements.

Your Skills and Experience

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 7 Equivalency Principles in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements.

Please see https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners for further information.

Other desirable experience required for this role:

• Experience supervising and supporting staff who are working with complexity in a demanding environment.
•  Experience working with victim survivors from communities who have had refugee experiences or have come from developing countries.
• Experience of the systems transition due to the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Family Violence.

Berry Street's Benefits

• Regular reflective supervision 
• A culture that values and support professional development  
• $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation 
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family 
• Leave loading 17.5% 

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted ASAP as we will be assessing applications as we are receiving them.

Queries to Tracey Golder, Program Manager - 0448 639 315

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 and International Police check if required and Victorian Carer Register clearance if applicable.

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 LGBTQIA+. 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.