Lead change. Strengthen safety. Inspire a high-performing team.

Full-time, Permanent | Melbourne South-East | Be part of something bigger

At Better Health Network (BHN), we're transforming community health and wellbeing services across Melbourne's south-east. As we continue to grow and strengthen our impact, we're seeking an experienced and passionate Team Leader – Family Violence to lead a dedicated team delivering critical family violence interventions that make a real difference in people's lives.

This is an opportunity to lead a specialist service committed to increasing the safety of women and children while supporting meaningful behavioural change for men who use violence.

Our Family Violence program delivers a range of integrated services including:

• Men's Behaviour Change Programs
• Men's Family Violence Case Management
• Women's and Children's Family Violence Counselling

Together, these services work towards a shared goal: ending family violence and creating safer futures for families and communities.

About the role

As Team Leader, you'll provide strong operational and clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team of practitioners delivering evidence-based family violence services.

You'll be responsible for fostering a culture of accountability, reflective practice, and continuous improvement while ensuring services remain responsive, trauma-informed, culturally safe, and client-centred.

Working closely with the Program Manager, you'll lead service delivery, build workforce capability, support complex practice decisions, and drive service excellence across the program.

About you

You're a confident and values-driven leader with experience in family violence, men's behaviour change, or related therapeutic services. You bring a strong understanding of family violence dynamics, risk assessment, and trauma-informed practice, combined with a genuine passion for supporting and developing people.

You thrive in complex environments, can balance operational demands with clinical leadership, and are committed to achieving positive outcomes for clients, families, and communities.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated leadership experience within family violence, men's behaviour change, counselling, or community services
• Strong knowledge of family violence legislation, risk assessment frameworks, and best practice intervention approaches
• Experience providing supervision, coaching, and practice support to multidisciplinary teams
• A commitment to reflective practice, continuous improvement, and service innovation
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills

Why Join BHN?

We offer:

• Full Time Permanent Opportunity – from $110,110 as per experience + 12% super + salary packaging benefits Access to Accrued Day
• Work within a multidisciplinary, community-based health team
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• NFP Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as: Novated leasing, work related expenses, self-education and additional superannuation
• A genuine impact in a specialist therapeutic service

Relocation support: If you have relocated permanently for work purposes you may be able to substantially increase your take-home pay by salary packaging some or all of your relocation costs.

next steps

Apply now and join a team that's redefining community health across Melbourne's south-east.

Shortlisting and interviews will commence as applications are received.

For a confidential discussion, contact Gemma Fitzgerald Program Manager Resilient Communities at [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader - Family Violence enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Better Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTI+ community.

Pre-employment checks include reference checks, National Police Check, Working with Children Check and evidence of right to work in Australia.

A position description is attached.