Overview
Make a profound impact on the lives of women and children experiencing family violence
Why this role matters
The Salvation Army (Salvos) provides a wide range of services that support women and women with children impacted by family and domestic violence. We offer accommodation, counselling, support, behavioural programs, and advice to women and children at risk of, experiencing or escaping family violence. Our services focus on prevention, restoration, and healing to provide specialised support to address immediate safety issues and provide advice, referrals, and connection to assist the recovery journey.
About the role
As a Specialist Family Violence Children's Practitioner, you'll play a key role in supporting children affected by family violence, offering child‐centred case management and therapeutic support within our Supported Accommodation Program.
You'll work alongside children and their caregivers to promote healing and recovery, while collaborating with services such as NDIS, education and health to ensure each child receives coordinated, wraparound support.
Reporting to the Family Violence Therapeutic Lead, you will deliver high‐quality therapeutic interventions, group programs, and whole‐family support within a safe and nurturing environment. This part-time role offers 26.6 hours and is fixed-term contracted until June 2027, located in Coburg North, VIC.
How you will make an impact
In this role, you will make a genuine difference through:
* Provide specialist family violence case management for children and young people, providing thoughtful assessments, safety planning, and trauma‐informed support
* Build and strengthen parent-child connection, helping caregivers build confidence, capacity, and therapeutic skills that nurture healing
* Deliver therapeutic interventions tailored to each child's developmental stage, whether through individual support, group work, or whole-family sessions
* Advocate for children as victim-survivors in their own right, ensuring their voice is heard and their safety prioritised
* Collaborate across complex service networks to provide consistent, coordinated, and holistic support
* Maintain clear, accurate documentation and offering guidance to colleagues in child‐focused practice
What you will bring
You are someone who believes wholeheartedly in the resilience of children and the power of trauma‐informed care. You bring:
* Tertiary qualification in social work, welfare, mental health, community development or related field
* Alignment with the Mandatory Minimum Qualification Requirements for Specialist Family Violence Workers
* Solid experience supporting children and families impacted by trauma and family violence
* Confidence working with families from diverse backgrounds and with complex needs
* Strong skills in intake, case management, crisis response and risk assessment
* A deep understanding of developmental trauma and therapeutic intervention
* A current VIC Driver Licence and Employee Working with Children Check
What we offer
The Salvos offer eligible employee's a well-balanced package of meaningful benefits including:
* Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax free + $2,650 meal entertainment benefit
* Generous Paid Parental leave for primary (12 weeks) & secondary carers, Purchased Leave Scheme (up to 8 weeks) and 5 days paid leave per year to experience working in other TSA programs or activities
* Access to EAP and health & wellness initiatives incl Fitness Passport
* Ongoing training and development opportunities that enhance on the job skills and proficiency
* Rewarding and fulfilling purpose driven careers that have positive and sustainable / social impacts
* A workplace deeply grounded in compassion, purpose and social impact
Conditions
Compensation is in accordance with Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award Level 5.
How to apply
If you are passionate about creating safer futures for children and want to use your therapeutic expertise to bring healing and hope, we would love to hear from you.
Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience and alignment with this role.
Together, we can help rebuild lives and create brighter futures.
Applications will close as soon as a suitable candidate is secured.
The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value and include people of all cultures, languages, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and intersex status. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check.
We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration.
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