Address- Fixed Term -30/06/2025
- Sunshine, Victoria.
About us
Baptcare is a purpose driven and faith-based organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.
About the Role
The +SHIFT Group Facilitator role is to provide therapeutic group work and case support services to women who use force in intimate relationships. The Facilitator will work in partnership with the women, partner agencies and other stakeholders to assist the recovery of the women impacted by family violence and trauma.
Please see Position Description for Key Duties.
You will bring the following:
- Experience in implementing evidence-based programs (desirable)
- Demonstrated evidence informed program/theory knowledge and application of therapeutic models and theories to develop skill- based interventions that enable positive change.
- Experience in planning and facilitating evidence based/informed therapeutic individual and group programs.
- Capacity to analyse complex issues, including the impact of violence and trauma, safety and risk, provide therapeutic interventions for victim survivors and assist them to achieve goals.
- Knowledge of relevant risk and needs assessment frameworks; information sharing in the context of family violence provisions and the child information sharing scheme.
Key selection criteria
- Experience in planning and facilitating evidence based/informed therapeutic group programs.
- Sound stakeholder management and the ability to build and maintain strong, credible relationships with internal programs, local movements and networks, government associations, business leaders and other relevant stakeholders.
- Ability to be self-directed and work autonomously.
- Capacity to analyse complex issues, including the impact of violence and trauma, safety and risk, provide therapeutic interventions for victim survivors and assist them to achieve goals.
- Ability to adjust to meet the changing situations of the client group while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, including, negotiation, persuasion and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to meet a changing environment and needs of staff, and/or client group while maintaining focus on delivery outcomes.
Essential Qualifications:
Tertiary Qualifications: hold a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification or be working towards this in alignment with the mandatory minimum qualification requirement, via one of the available employment pathways in Social Work, Psychology or other relevant Human Services qualification. This aligned to Recommendation 209 from the Royal Commission in Family Violence. Below is the Safe and Equal tool to enter details to ensure you qualify or map training pathways to work towards qualification: https://safeandequal.org.au/working-in-family-violence/minimum-qualifications/
For additional information on Recommendation 209 see the website: Mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist family violence practitioners | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au)
If you require support with the application process, please contact ********@baptcare.org.au 0418 346 ***.
At Baptcare, we value diversity in all forms and aim to co-create inclusive experiences and communities with our employees, volunteers, the people we work alongside and our partners. We are committed to diversity and inclusion across all we do and to building communities and workplaces where everyone belongs.
Baptcare is dedicated to the safety, empowerment, and participation of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to a thoughtful, protective environment that supports infants, children, and young people to feel safe and respected.
