Family Violence Case Worker - Female Identified

Job No: 106600
Location: Melbourne

  • Challenging and rewarding Case Manager role with a leading independent organisation in an exciting growth stage
  • Be rewarded with a competitive hourly rate circa $33-$35/hr plus super, commensurate with your skills and experience
  • Enjoy a host of great benefits, including $15,900 of NFP salary sacrifice options, flexible working hours and a supportive team culture!

About the Opportunity

Emerge is now seeking an enthusiastic and driven Female Family Violence Case Manager to join the team in South Eastern Melbourne on a four-day part-time basis

In this position, an applicant's sex is a genuine occupational requirement of the role and is authorised under the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 2010 Section 26 (1).

Reporting to the Manager of Integrated Family Services, you will primarily be responsible for providing strengths-based client-centred support, advice and assistance women and children that are victims of family violence.

Your day to day duties will include, but not be limited to:

  • Planning, implementing and evaluating case management strategies for women and their children including the development of individual case plans, safety plans, referrals to community agencies and services and family work;
  • Facilitating and advocating access to a wide range of information, services and resources that will enable women and children to make informed choices about their future;
  • Actively supporting fellow team members to manage the team's caseloads through shared case management, cross skilling and internal relief for planned and unplanned absences; and
  • Seeking opportunities to further develop and enhance the Emerge services framework that supports the organisation's innovative and progressive model.

You will be required to participate in an on-call roster once in every three weeks. As the team all work 4 days part-time, you will need to be comfortable sharing caseloads and assisting where necessary.

About You

To be considered for this position you must have a tertiary qualification in Social Work or similar, with a minimum of one year of experience in client-centred family violence case management.

You will need excellent case management skills, including advocacy, assessment, development and implementation of tailored case plans, alongside a demonstrated understanding of feminist practice and how it is used as a framework to understand/respond to the gendered nature of violence against women.

Your success in this role will be determined by your ability to combine your enthusiasm and interpersonal negotiation and communication skills with your ability to handle multiple competing demands.

The ideal candidate will be a flexible and adaptable problem solver with a non-judgemental, mature and patient demeanour when engaging with women and children in crisis. 

While not mandatory, applicants with experience in residential and outreach settings, working with women and children with diverse needs such as CALD and Indigenous or familiarity with the Specialist Homelessness Information Platform (SHIP), will be highly regarded.

Please note: Before commencing, you will need a current National Police Check, current Working With Children's Check, current unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence and reliable access to after-hours transport in case of an on-call emergency, whether by private or shared vehicle, taxi or Uber. Work vehicles are provided for use during office hours.

About the Benefits

In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be rewarded with a competitive rate circa $33 - $35 per hour plus super, commensurate with your skills and experience!

In addition, you will also be entitled to up to $15,900 of Not-For-Profit salary sacrifice options to further increase your take-home pay! 

While working hours are primarily Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, flexible working hours are available to suit your lifestyle and family commitments, depending on operational requirements and team workloads.

As a small and agile independent service provider, Emerge will encourage and support you in going above and beyond to work with your clients to achieve real outcomes. You will be engaged in one of the first Women & Children's refuges as part of the refuge renewal project, with massive growth expected in this sector.

This is your chance to get involved with a friendly, supportive and independent organisation that allows you to work closely with clients to empower them to recover and take back their independence - Apply Now! 

About the Organisation

Emerge Women & Children's Support Network (Emerge) is an independent organisation delivering 24/7 housing and support services to women and children in times of crisis.

Founded over 40 years ago, Emerge also offers vital outreach services to women and children in the community who are often living with perpetrators of family violence in their own homes. Emerge assists women and children to escape, recover and start anew from violence and homelessness by offering a high-security refuge, outreach services, financial counselling, mental health initiatives including art therapy and therapeutic play programs and after school and holiday programs for children.

Emerge offers tailored programs aimed at assisting women to rebuild their lives and learn new personal and professional skills as they begin their journey towards independence. Emerge's staff are committed to providing a safe, supportive atmosphere where they can work to change the values of society that perpetuate violence against women and children.

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