Specialist Family Violence Case Manager

• Ballarat Office, Wadawurrung Country
• Full time, 12 month fixed term opportunity
• Salary range of $93k - $98k (qualified rate) + 11% Super + Salary Packaging up to $15,900

Together in 2021/2022, we supported 23,719 victim-survivors recover from the effects of Family Violence. - Berry Street Annual report 2023

Your Opportunity

The Western Family Violence Service (WFVS) is the lead provider for the integrated Family Violence service system in the Central Highlands sub-region. We pride ourselves on being inclusive of all people regardless of their sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Did you know our Family Violence Services as Rainbow Tick Approved? https://www.berrystreet.org.au/about-us/how-we-do-things/rainbow-tick

Joining our Specialist Family Violence Casework team, you will provide short to medium term interventions to adult and child victim-survivors, in a effort to promote and increase confidence in autonomy, safety and recovery.

Using your advanced practice skills you will maintain a controlled case load of victim-survivors with varying complexities and needs, who are at high-risk of harm from Family Violence, with the use of safety and support plans and risk assessments.

Be part of a healthy supportive team environment that will benefit from your understanding of contemporary Family Violence interventions!

Your skills and experience

You will be committed and passionate to provide collaborative trauma-informed case management services to clients impacted by serious Family Violence and with intersecting needs. You will have a demonstrated commitment to inclusive practice, with an understanding of the role of societal, cultural and systemic oppression and disempowerment.

Overall you will be a critical thinker that is able to analyse complex psychosocial and structural problems to provide workable solutions and have the skills to collaborate, negotiate and liaise with other agencies, government departments and the community inline with the Berry Street values and vison.

At a minimum you will hold a Bachelor level qualification in Social Work or recent employment in the Family Violence sector or equivalency met through the 7 Equivalency Principals inline with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements for Specialist Family Violence practitioners.

Berry Street

Join our team We are one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people!

We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!

Extra benefits

• Above award salaries & allowances
• Regular reflective supervision
• A culture that values and support professional development
• $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
• Flexible work arrangements
• 10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions!
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
• Leave loading 17.5%
• Extra carers leave!

Apply now!

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by midnight on the 20th of February 2024

Queries to Mandy Gambino, Senior Manager on 0419 759 ***

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check and International Police check if required and Victorian Carer Register clearance if applicable.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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