Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

• Location: Shepparton or Seymour Victoria
• Full-Time & Part-Time positions available
• Level 5 SCHADS Award - $100,776 per annum + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging

About Vincentcare Victoria

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

We are a leading community-focused organisation dedicated to supporting people experiencing disadvantage, including homelessness and those impacted by family violence.  We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of benefits including career development opportunities; salary packaging; study leave; family friendly, flexible working environment.

About the Role

As a committed and dedicated Specialist Family Violence Practitioner, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing interventions and short-term case management to victim survivors, including children, experiencing and/or escaping family violence.
• Promoting and delivering person-centred, strengths-based approaches that preserve and respect diversity, equality, choice and client participation.
• Possessing an in-depth understanding of the gendered nature of family violence, intersectionality in family violence, and the nature, dynamics and impact of family violence across a broad range of familial relationships.
• Working within the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM), the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS) and the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and all other relevant frameworks and guidelines to manage risk and hold persons using violence accountable.
• Advocating for victim survivors and collaborating with local, regional, and statewide services.
• Participating in an after-hours on-call roster for crisis response.
• Supporting clients in refuge and emergency accommodation.

Qualification

A Bachelor level qualification in Social Work or equivalency met through the 7 Equivalency Principles in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements.  Please refer to https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualificationsspecialist-family-violence-practitioners for further information.

About You

Your skills and capabilities will include:

• Experience in family violence crisis intervention and case management.
• Ability to apply theory to practice when responding to the needs affecting victim survivors experiencing family violence including children.

• A strong knowledge of risk assessment, trauma-informed care, and family violence frameworks.
• Ability to work in crisis driven environments while managing a complex caseload.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to participate in the enhanced after-hours crisis response on-call roster.

Note: These are female-only positions.  VincentCare Victoria considers that being female is a genuine occupational requirement under section 28 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

Why work for us?  We offer

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

Why work for us?  We offer

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• Career Development opportunities.
• Purpose-driven work that directly supports vulnerable individuals.
• Collaborative team culture that values diversity and inclusion.
• Career development opportunities with ongoing training.
• Innovative service models driving positive change in family violence responses.
• Employee Assistance Program
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

How to apply:

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can’t wait to hear from you! Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter telling us a little bit more about you and how your skills meet our key selection criteria in the position description available here.

Applications close

 reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion regarding any of the roles, please contact Marie Murfet, VincentCare’s Hume Community Hub Manager on (03) 5825 9400.

Prior to any commencement to employment, pre-employment checks must be completed. This will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check.

VincentCare Victoria is an accredited Rainbow Tick organisation.

We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.