Job Title: Senior Domestic and Family Violence Practitioner, Embedded Worker
This is a challenging yet rewarding role where you will be working with individuals who have experienced domestic and family violence.
In this position, you will be required to respond to victim-survivors presenting at the police station counter for assistance with domestic and family violence matters. You will also have a key role in guiding and developing the practice of the specialist team and maintaining and strengthening relationships with officers and key roles within the Beaudesert, Jimboomba, and Logan Village police stations.
Key Responsibilities:
* Identify and assess risk and resource victim-survivors to increase their immediate safety.
* Provide information and facilitate access to relevant services to address health, parenting, financial, employment support, legal, and other counselling needs.
* Assist police to engage with victim-survivors, build trust and rapport, and promote better understanding of power and control to strengthen the identification of the person most in need of protection.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Experience in a similar role and a domestic and family violence framework underpinned by a gendered perspective of violence, application of the common risk and safety framework, and information sharing guidelines.
* Leadership and advocacy skills that will influence and impact and strengthen relationships that shift power to victim-survivors rather than further disadvantage them.
Benefits:
* Salary packaging exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax available.
* Portable long service leave.
* Counselling support.
About Us:
We are a not-for-profit, community services organisation based in Logan. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to thrive. We back individuals and families through a range of programs including supporting families and children, engaging with young people, finding a place to live, preparing for employment, managing money and debts, domestic and family violence support and prevention, and legal help.