• Max Term Part Time (0.9 FTE) until January 2027
• Salary packaging, gifted leave at Christmas and Easter
• Competitive above-award salary, SCHADS Level 6 – $112,304 pro rata (plus super) 

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Provide secondary consultation and specialist guidance to family services practitioners on family violence risk, MARAM assessments, and safety planning
• Deliver comprehensive MARAM assessments and ensure appropriate information sharing to support safety outcomes
• Manage a small caseload (up to six families) requiring specialist intervention and planning
• Support families to improve safety, wellbeing, and capacity to meet children’s needs in line with legislation and best practice
• Contribute to and participate in Communities of Practice, including MARAM and Safe and Together frameworks
• Facilitate training and capacity-building sessions across the Family Services Alliance
• Collaborate with partner organisations to strengthen service responses and system integration
• Lead or participate in family violence and family services working groups
• Maintain accurate case notes, data, and reporting in line with compliance and quality standards
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders to improve client outcomes

About you

• Degree qualification in Social Work, Psychology or related discipline (essential)
• Demonstrated experience working in the family violence sector, including case management with complex families 
• Strong knowledge of the MARAM Framework, including experience conducting comprehensive risk assessments
• Experience supporting families with complex needs (e.g. mental health, substance use, parenting challenges)
• Experience working with CALD communities and diverse populations (highly regarded) 
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation skills
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities 

Family Violence Minimum Mandatory Qualifications under Recommendation 209

As per the minimum mandatory qualifications requirements via https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners

All candidates wishing to apply for this role must be able to demonstrate that they:

1. are considered EXEMPT under the policy OR
2. hold a Bachelor of Social Work or other equivalent qualification OR
3. have minimum 5 years relevant professional experience, OR a related qualification as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements. OR
4. hold significant cultural knowledge and experience or lived experience, and have faced barriers to educational pathways

Please note that candidates wishing to enter the specialist family violence workforce via a related qualification or 5 years related professional experience pathway, OR the significant cultural knowledge and experience or lived experience pathways will be required to work towards an equivalent qualification within specified timeframes (as per the mandatory minimum qualifications policy). If you believe these pathways may apply to you and would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact [email protected] using the subject line: Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (SR0208) enquiry via EthicalJobs to discuss this further. 

Benefits

• Salary packaging - up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year, plus entertainment up to $2650
• 4 days gifted leave at Christmas and Easter (pro rata)
• Up to 100 hours of paid study leave (where relevant to role)
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service
• Eligible for participation in the portable long service leave program

About Us

Our 2023-2027 strategy outlines the world we want to see and our role in advancing it. We aspire for all women, girls, and families to be safe, well, strong, and connected. We strive for equity, dignity and social justice for women, girls and families by collaborating globally and acting locally, supporting our communities in Australia and New Zealand to thrive. 

We want women, girls and families to live full and dignified lives, have dignified income and enjoy financial wellbeing.  We aim to provide place-based, people-centred, holistic services while working at the system level to achieve bold and audacious reform. We currently offer microfinance programs and products, financial counselling and coaching, family and domestic violence support services, family and youth programs, playgroups, education programs and community houses. These services are complemented by research and strong advocacy to address the underlying structural causes of injustice, exclusion, and inequality. 

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand (GSANZ) respects the dignity of all people, draws strength from, and celebrates the diversity of our community. At GSANZ, we strive for an inclusive culture where all identities feel safe and that they belong. We welcome and actively seek applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all sexual orientations and gender expressions and identities, people with disability, and culturally and racially marginalised people. Each person’s individual decision regarding disclosure will be fully respected.