Family Safety Practitioner

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a secular, community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations who have been providing services to the Victorian community for over 75 years.  Our vision is for “positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians”.  

The role

Reporting to the Centre Manager, this position will work within the Diffuse Program; a seven-session program using trauma-informed practices that provides resources, tools and information to participants, created for incarcerated and non-incarcerated individuals. Designed to address the definition of family violence, providing opportunity for reflection on relationship experiences and exploring and expanding self-awareness around communication and forming and maintaining healthy relationships. 

Your responsibilities include conducting telephone psycho-social assessments regarding the safety and well-being of affected family members, and you are also an information and referral source for women and children’s immediate and ongoing safety and psycho-social needs.

This full-time position will be across our Kew and Boronia Centres and the successful candidate will be offered a fixed-term contract until 30 June 2024 with the possibility of permanent employment if funding contracts renewed.

About you

• Degree in social work, counselling, psychology, or a related social science discipline.
• Completion of Multi Agency Risk Assessment and Risk Management (MARAM) Framework training.
• Previous demonstrated experience of a commitment to advocating and enhancing Family Safety and to living non-violently.
• Significant experience working with parents and children affected by family violence.
• Knowledge of the processes of Men’s Behaviour Change group work. 
• Candidates with demonstratable skills, from previous experience with organisations and or culturally diverse client groups, staff and workforces or stakeholders are highly valued at RAV.

We provide

• Competitive salary including meal/entertainment and salary packaging.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Generous employment conditions and benefits including additional paid leave benefits - parental, study, personal and compassionate, flexible, family violence leave as well as paid ex-gratia leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Access to professional development and training including our Registered Training Organisation programs where we provide accredited and non-accredited courses.
• Best practice clinical supervision and support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• Career progression opportunities internally across Melbourne Metropolitan and Regional Victoria centres.

The base salary range is $92k - $99k per annum.  

Apply

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible by sending their application and resume so we can progress to interviews. You can view the position description for further information.  If you have a specific query contact Tracy Hansen-Eales, Centre Manager by phoning 0400 889 ***.

Applications close 16 January 2024. Gina

COVID-19 compliance

Candidates will be required to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination status or medical exemption during their application process.

RAV is committed to building and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ communities and people with disabilities. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. All staff must undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable) and Working with Children Check. RAV is a public benevolent institution.