Specialist Family Violence Practitioner – Response (Communities)

• Preston location, Wurundjeri Country
• Full time, fixed term (until May 2025), Parental Leave cover
• Base salary $102k plus super and salary packaging

An opportunity to utilise your family violence knowledge and expertise to provide best practice case management and support to victim survivors and their children.

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. 

This position is based at our Preston office with a mix of working in the office and working from home.

What does a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner do?

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.

What skills and training do you need?

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. You will also have experience in working with women and children from diverse backgrounds who have experienced family violence and the ability and experience to undertake comprehensive risk assessments (CRAF or TRAM).

⭐️Are You Across Our Berry Street Benefits?⭐️

• Above award salaries & allowances
• $15,800.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements
• 10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions!
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter to be submitted by midnight Thursday 25 April.

Queries to Sophie Sheehan - Team Leader, Community Programs on 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.