About The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre

We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.

About The Role

This Specialist Family Violence Child Protection Practitioner is a senior practitioner with extensive knowledge of family violence and/or child protection. The role is co-located at the Footscray DHHS office with a portfolio focusing on greater Geelong. The role will also require attendance in our Geelong office as arranged with the Manager. The role is responsible for providing operational and strategic advice to Child Protection practitioners and their managers who undertake investigations of families where a child is or may be in need of protection due to family violence. The position is designed to influence and build the capacity of the Child Protection and family violence services responses, understanding and relationships. In addition, the role is responsible to assist Child Protection in the conduct of investigations and supporting plan development.

About You

With degree qualifications in social work, welfare or psychology, you will be able to demonstrate experience working in the family violence service system as a senior practitioner with leadership or supervisory experience. You will be passionate about capacity building and have advanced knowledge regarding gender based violence and child protection practice. You will be able to demonstrate your capability to build partnerships and collaborate across Child Protection and the family violence sector, to provide specialist advice to Child Protection practitioners and to strengthen pathways and build capacity between Child Protection and Family Violence services.

If you share our vision for a community free from family violence and sexual assault and are motivated to make a difference, we would like to hear from you. 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.

Why work for The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre?

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

• Flexible and part time working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• 10 weeks Paid parental leave
• Salary packaging

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

• Flu vaccinations
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Weekly delivery of fruit
• Pet friendly environment

• Internal book exchange program

• Social initiatives
• Positive workplace culture

Please go to our website at www.safvcentre.org.au/careers to view the position description. To apply click Apply Now.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Kelly Wickham on 03 5222 4318.