ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION

Good Samaritan Inn (GSI) provides crisis and short-term accommodation, and specialist supports to women ( i.e. trans and cisgender women), non-binary, and gender diverse people, including children and young people who have experienced family violence and homelessness. GSI delivers person-centred, feminist and trauma-informed services and programs that address immediate needs.

GSI also provides outreach support to victim-survivors living in the community, ensuring safety, connection, and engagement with local and specialist services. Through an innovative coaching and employment program, GSI builds skills and capacity, empowering individuals to achieve economic independence and rebuild their sense of self and future.

GSI is in the process of expanding their specialist family violence services to include a longer-term accommodation response to assist women, children and young people to re-establish themselves in the community following the family violence crisis phase. The focus of this new accommodation and service model is to provide a healing and recovery response for victim survivors with a range of complex needs.

Women In Work

Women in Work is the employment and coaching program with GSI focused on finding employment and supporting recovery for women who have experienced family violence. Our purpose is to help women build a thriving sense of self and generate a sustainable and safe future beyond their experiences of family violence and trauma.

The coaching program has been designed using EMPath, a world-wide Economic Mobility Pathways Model, with a family violence lens. Family Violence specialists deliver the coaching program and work on building the participants' skills and resilience to address barriers to their healing and recovery. By providing women who have experienced family violence with employment and coaching, Women in Work helps break the cycle of family violence and help women on their road to self-sufficiency.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Family Violence Coach supports survivors on their journey of healing and empowerment, helping them rebuild their sense of self and plan for their future. This model works with victim survivors ready to move from intensive case management toward a support model that promotes independence. The coach works in partnership with women who have experienced family violence to set and reach goals across pillars of wellbeing, housing, finance and employment. The coach will deliver coaching as part of GSI's employment and coaching program - Women in Work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES include:

• Provide one-on-one coaching and support the goal development process with victim survivors based on GSI’s coaching framework
• Use motivational interviewing techniques to coach participants as they build on strengths and develop strategies to overcome challenges and work towards their goals
• Support participants in planning and fulfilling their goals and aspirations including regular review and evaluation of progress towards achieving these
• Identify any family violence risk and safety concerns and escalate as required
• Support the development of key stakeholder relationships within the Family Violence Sector
• Identify and document trends, opportunities for improvement and program innovations, including program specific information and data
• Support and contribute to the Recovery and Healing service development

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in social work / psychology / coaching or equivalent, along with relevant work experience
• Experience in working with women and children who have experienced family violence and trauma
• Demonstrated experience mentoring/coaching or motivational interviewing to support women to develop and achieve their goals
• Understanding of, and commitment to use evidence based, trauma informed responses to support positive outcomes, promoting independence, resilience, and enhanced quality of life for women, children, and young people
• Excellent communication skills to effectively engage with victim survivors to promote independence and decision making
• Demonstrated capability in understanding and identifying complex client risk
• Conditions of employment

• A Working with Children Check (Employee Version)
• Successful appointment to the position will be subject to a National Police Check (and international if applicable)
• Eligible to work in Australia

Salary

The remuneration for the position is at the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award, Level 5, plus superannuation. Salary packaging is available to increase your take-home pay.

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' before the closing date

For further information about the position, please contact:

Jennifer Hall, People and Quality Manager [email protected] using the subject line: Family Violence Coach Position enquiry via Ethical Jobs.

Please see the full position description attached.

Good Samaritan Inn is a child safe organisation that takes action to promote child wellbeing and prevent harm to children and young people. We ensure our staff and volunteers are responsible for child safety across all areas of our organisation and work. We acknowledge and respect the cultural safety and unique identities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and children from diverse backgrounds.

Good Samaritan Inn respects, values and celebrates the diversity of its workforce. We have a commitment to providing a safe equitable and inclusive workplace.