Senior Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

Who We Are and What We Stand For

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

What You Will Be Doing

Changing Ways– Delivered by Peninsula Health in partnership with Good Shepherd, is a two-year pilot and is one of three funded pilot programs in Victoria focusing on broadening the suite of perpetrator interventions to include a focused response for serious-risk perpetrators. Changing Ways aims to reduce the impact and incidence of Family Violence on current and former partners and family members, as well as reducing the likelihood that a perpetrator will harm future partners and family members.
Changing Ways aims to provide an intensive response to:
• increase the safety of victim survivors – reducing the use and impact of Family Violence on former, current, or future partners and family members of perpetrators who pose a serious risk
• tailor interventions that directly engage the adult using Family Violence who poses a serious risk, using multiple approaches to support them to take responsibility for stopping their Family Violence
• better coordinate across the service system so that serious-risk adults using Family Violence become and remain in view of services, and their use of violence and risk can be collaboratively addressed
• build evidence of what works to respond to serious-risk adults using Family Violence.
The Comprehensive Case Management Practitioner will be one of two positions in this pilot program. Peninsula Health will hold the position specialising in working with men who use violence whilst Good Shepherd will hold the position specialising in working with victim survivors of Family Violence.

Position funded until June 30, 2025. Full-time preferable however part-time can be negotiated.

What You Need

We anticipate you will have:
• Relevant qualification in Social Work, Social Science or related fields. Qualifications must align with the Mandatory Minimum Qualification Requirements for Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (Recommendation 209)*
• Social Workers require eligibility for full membership with the AASW.
• Extensive experience in direct Specialist Family Violence services
• Demonstrated skills and strong clinical experience in assertive outreach, risk assessment and safety planning, case management and evidence-informed Family Violence interventions.
• Extensive experience working with male perpetrators who use violence
• Advanced skills in comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning.
• Proven interpersonal skills and a strong ability to build relationships and partnerships to further agency objectives and improve client outcomes.
• Hold a current ‘Working with Children check’.
• Hold a current, valid Victorian Driver’s Licence
• Willingness to undergo a National criminal history check
• Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and manage time effectively.
• Demonstrated commitment to working collaboratively as a team member within a shared service and multi-agency environment with the capacity to negotiate and liaise with other agencies and the community.

What Next

Apply NOW!

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2***.

Additional Requirements

Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.

To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit:

https://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/careers/working-preparing-employment/

*Please refer to salary circular Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public
Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2026 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.