About CMY

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Victoria, providing specialist knowledge and support to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Our vision is that young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are connected, empowered and influential Australians.

About the Role

This position is co-located within The Western Orange Door (TOD) and is responsible for providing case management to multicultural young people who present TOD experiencing family violence as an individual or as part of a family. The focus will be on applying the “I need to know You’re Safe” Framework, to ensure culturally and age-appropriate responses to young people as victim survivors in their own right.

This position will also facilitate / organise capacity building activities within TOD around the Framework and culturally responsive practice, as well as creating opportunities for NMP to feed into improving practice and processes.

• Hours: 30.4 hours per week (.8FTE), Part Time
• Fixed Term until May 2027
• Base Salary (SCHADS Level 5 ): $97,379.75 (pro rata) per annum plus Super and access to Salary Packaging

(Salary Packaging is a great way to increase the value of your salary by allowing you to receive a portion of your income in the form of tax free or tax-deductible benefits.)

• Location: Carlton and Western TOD
• Applications Close: 9 am on the closing date
• Interviews: to be held in the week beginning 26th of May 2024

You will have:

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of managing complex caseloads and high-level knowledge of case work processes.
• Sound understanding of Family Violence, the complexity of impacts for multicultural young people and their families, particularly access, barriers and equity issues.
• Ability to plan, develop and deliver formal capacity building activities, as well as optimising opportunities for incidental practice development through co-location or co-casework.
• Ability to manage own work and the capacity to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams with shared caseloads
• Sound understanding of relevant principles, practices and legislation, including MARAM and Child Safety Standards.
• Strong administrative, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders, communities, government and non-government organisations, and the general public.

For more information

• On the role, please see the position description

• On CMY, visit our website.
• Contact person for the role: Bec Lean- Program Manager on 0431 729 752

How to Apply

• Click ‘Apply Now’ which will take you to job application form
• Follow the instructions to upload your resume and a document outlining examples/a response addressing each of the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. This can be included in your cover letter or a separate document. Applications submitted without addressing the key selection criteria will not be considered
• Documents must be in MS Word or PDF format
• For guidelines on how to apply for a job at CMY please read here
• For tips on how to respond to Key Selection Criteria, please read here: Careers Vic Gov - Guide

CMY takes Child Safety seriously and short-listed candidates are subject to child safety screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

A position description is attached.