Job Summary
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 7th Aug 2020
The Orange Door in Geelong provides a new way of supporting women, children and young people experiencing or at risk of family violence and has changed the way services work with women, children, young people, families and perpetrators of violence. The Orange Door team members are an integrated, collaborative team from The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre, Bethany Community Support, Colac Area Health and Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative.
This role is based in Geelong, however you will initially commence working remotely from home due to coronavirus (COVID-19). You must have a confidential space within your home and reliable internet connection to work remotely. No face-to-face appointments will be required with clients whilst working from home unless otherwise specified.
As a Family Violence Specialist Practitioner, you will receive and manage all family violence referrals for women, children and young people to the Orange Door, including the delivery of client screening, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordination of referrals.
You will be a values driven person, motivated to make a difference and you hold the client at the centre of everything you do. You are an experienced family violence specialist with qualifications in social work or a related field. You have experience providing professional, high quality case management, advocacy and support to clients.
The successful candidate will be required to maintain a current Working With Children's check and National Police Check at their own expense.
As an employee of The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre, you will join a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Geelong, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work. You care for our clients and we care for you, including by investing in your development and wellbeing. You will have access to leading specialists and training and development that supports you in your role and in your longer term career journey. We offer a variety of career pathway options, leading salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements that help you manage your work and your life.
The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre takes pride in being an employer of choice; we are passionate about the wellbeing of our team members and we provide a number of complementary benefits to our staff, some of our benefits include:
Generous above award Enterprise Agreement entitlements
Health and Wellbeing initiatives
During COVID 19, The Sexual Assault and Family Violence is providing numerous engagement opportunities for staff to ensure they feel supported whilst working from home, These engagement opportunities include:
Please go to our website at www.safvcentre.org.au to view the relevant position description and submission requirements. Click Apply Now to submit your application.
For a confidential discussion, please contact People and Culture on 03 5222 4318.
In line with the Government's coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety requirements, The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre’s application assessment processes will be facilitated remotely using various online platforms, where possible. Induction processes will be completed online for those who are successful in securing a position with our organisation