Family Violence Specialist
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Family Violence Specialist to join our team. As a Family Violence Specialist, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality support to women and children who are experiencing family violence across the Bayside Peninsula Region.
The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and understanding of women and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and are experiencing family violence, the impact of trauma, and the importance of working with interpreters when supporting victim survivors.
Key Responsibilities:
* Conduct comprehensive risk and needs assessments with women and children experiencing family violence.
* Coordinate the delivery of a high-quality family violence response that is child-focused, developmentally appropriate, and culturally safe to children and women accessing specialist family violence services.
* Ensure that service delivery addresses the unique risks, needs, and the impact of trauma posed by family violence to women and children from a CALD background.
* Provide specialist family violence response to women and children who are/have experienced family violence.
* Complete safety planning and liaise with other services and stakeholders to increase safety of women and children experiencing family violence.
Requirements:
* A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, or a related discipline is essential.
* Demonstrated experience using MARAM to assess risk, needs, and protective factors of women and children, safety planning, and determining appropriate referral pathways.
* Demonstrated experience working with women and children presenting with complex needs and behaviours (e.g., trauma, substance abuse, mental health, parenting issues, disability) and/or from CALD or indigenous backgrounds and/or LGBTIQA+ communities.
* Demonstrated success in maintaining external networks and collaborative relationships with professionals both internal and external.
Benefits:
* Salary packaging opportunities.
* Paid study leave.
* Paid parental leave.
* Flexible work hours/working from home where possible.
* Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counseling service.
About Us:
We are committed to ensuring that our team is reflective of the diverse community we serve and to supporting a culture of equity, inclusion, and diversity. Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand is a Child Safe employer. Employment is subject to satisfactory referee checks, a current employment working with Children Check, National Criminal History check, and proof of the right to work in Australia.
Skill Area: Health Care Provider, Non-profit Organization Management.