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Specialist Family Violence Worker - Loddon

Centre for Non Violence
  • Part-time to Full-time position (.8 – 1)
  • Contract until June 2021

About us

The Centre for Non-Violence Inc. (CNV) is a leading and innovative specialist Family Violence organisation based in the Loddon area, with a vision of gender and social equality for all. CNV is an inclusive child safe organisation, committed to achieving diversity in our service response and workforce.

We are currently seeking a Specialist Family Violence Worker on a part-time to full-time basis .8 – 1 to join our team.

This is a contract role and is currently funded until June 2021. The Specialist Family Violence Worker is a senior practitioner with extensive knowledge of family violence. The position 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.

To be considered for this role you will have:

  • Expert knowledge of local family violence support services and approaches in the local area.
  • A minimum of three years’ experience working in the family violence service system.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and high level of understanding of:
    • The perpetrator’s pattern of coercive control and its impact on children and the ability of the protective parent to safely parent
    • Mechanisms to restore and enhance safe, child-centred parenting
    • The capacity to use this knowledge to assist Child Protection achieve improved client and system outcomes.
  • Capacity and desire to support improved engagement by Child Protection with both victims and perpetrators.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005,Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, the Health Records Act 2001, the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Framework, Victoria Police Code of Practice.
  • Willingness and ability to engage directly with perpetrators of family violence and with services working with perpetrators of family violence for the purpose of service linkage and referral.

Employment with CNV is subject to a satisfactory WWC clearance and criminal record history check prior to commencement of employment.

CNV is an equal opportunity employer.

For more information visit our website or phone Karen (03) 54 30 3000.

A position description is attached.

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