Team Leader - Specialist Family Violence Services

Team Leader - Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

• Location: Shepparton (North Goulburn), Victoria
• Full-time, Permanent
• Level 6 SCHADS Award - $110,103 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.

Our aspiration is to be the leader in providing care, hope and advocacy for those facing disadvantage. Our purpose is to create opportunities and lasting change for the most marginalised. VincentCare is well equipped to provide a continuum of services that effectively meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

About the Role

Reporting to the Program Manager, you will apply specialised skill and professional judgement when coordinating the day to day core work critical to the functions of VincentCare’s highly effective Marian Community 24/7 specialist family violence services in our Goulburn North service region.

The services provided by Marian Community are accessible in the City of Greater Shepparton, Moira, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi Shires in both business hours and after-hours, providing crisis and case management responses to victim survivors experiencing or escaping family violence, including children.  The business hours services are provided from office sites in Shepparton (North Goulburn) and Seymour (South Goulburn).

You will provide leadership and direction to a team of Specialist Family Violence Practitioners servicing the Goulburn North region (City of Greater Shepparton, Moira and Strathbogie Shires), including evidenced capacity to communicate effectively, to exercise sound judgement, and to act with confidence within a fast paced environment.

As part of the Hume Community Hub’s leadership team, you will work alongside the Team Leader for Goulburn South to support and coordinate delivery of a comprehensive wrap-around model of care that embraces the intersectionality of family violence including demand management and the monitoring and reviewing of caseloads regularly to ensure a responsive and effective service.

Additionally, you will be required to pro-actively participate in the enhanced after-hours crisis response on-call roster and be available on designated weeknights, weekends, and public holidays.

About You

Your skills and capabilities will include:

• Evidenced leadership within a crisis driven environment.
• Evidenced ability to support and coordinate delivery of a comprehensive wrap-around model of care that embraces the intersectionality of family violence, including demand management and the monitoring and reviewing of caseloads regularly to ensure a responsive and effective service.
• A strong knowledge of risk assessment, trauma-informed care, and family violence frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

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.
• Minimum 3-5 years in leadership within the family violence response and case management context.

 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.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 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.
• 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: 12th February 2026 at 12.00 am.

Please note: Candidates may be reviewed and progressed as applications are received. VCV 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.

Phone enquiries may be made to Marie Murfet, Hume Community Hub Manager on 0428 316 385.

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.