About Emerge:

Emerge provides adults and children with safe accommodation at a secure 24/7 refuge, sector-leading case management, and evidence-based programs and therapeutic support against a human rights model for service delivery. Our comprehensive recovery model focuses on breaking the cycles of violence and ending system churn. We focus on early intervention for children at risk of becoming perpetrators of violence and provide holistic support to assist women to end the cycles of re-victimisation.

The Work Required:

We required a consultant/s to support Emerge to review the organisation’s progress toward embedding Victoria’s new psychosocial regulations. Emerge is seeking a candidate that will deliver a discreet, safe, trauma-informed audit of the organisation’s psychosocial hazards and make recommendations to strengthen Emerge’s response to the new positive duties.

The work will include:

• An audit of Emerge policies and procedures that are relevant to the psychosocial regulations
• A review of Emerge incident registers and other desktop materials as they relate to psychosocial regulations
• Confidential consultation with staff through accessible engagement, including confidential surveys and focus group/s
• A report on Emerge’s progress toward embedding Victoria’s new psychosocial regulations
• Recommendations to support Emerge to strengthen its response to Victoria’s new psychosocial regulations and ensure the safety and wellbeing of Emerge staff.

This work should be performed over a timely period. Emerge requests that the audit is conducted, and the full report is delivered before 30 June.

You will have:

• Regulatory expertise and a deep understanding of positive duty frameworks: Depth of knowledge and proven experience working within Victorian and Australian regulatory systems including the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Psychosocial Hazards) Regulations and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic). Demonstrated experience in translating and understanding positive duty frameworks.
• Audit experience: delivery of audits in complex and highly regulated environments
• Trauma-informed and accessible practice: expertise in facilitating consultation that protects the confidentiality of staff, ensures safety, is accessible for all, and minimises the risk of vicarious trauma in a trauma-informed format for consulting
• Executive-level reporting: delivery of reports that are appropriate for Senior Leadership and Boards of Governance.
• Timeliness: demonstrated capability to deliver projects on time and in budget
• Sector understanding: demonstrated knowledge and experience in family violence and/or broader social services environments.

Please find attached the Request for Quote application.