• Clinical best practice and career opportunities
• Competitive conditions, benefits & salary packaging
• Permanent, part-time role with hybrid work arrangements

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a secular, community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations who have been providing services to the Victorian community for over 75 years. Our vision is for “positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians”.

The role

Reporting to the Senior Manager and working closely with a team of highly skilled clinicians, your responsibilities will include the provision of high quality, culturally sensitive adult family violence counselling and therapy, including therapeutic work and targeted case management, where required. You will be able to apply your skills and expertise from a strengths-based perspective to provide trauma-informed and culturally appropriate short-term interventions and appropriate referrals for adults and children and reduce the re-traumatisation of women experiencing family violence.

This opportunity is located in Kew and is a permanent, part-time position, working three (3) days per week including one evening shift on a Wednesday.

About you

• Degree qualified in family therapy, social work, counselling, or psychology.
• Significant experience working with individuals and families, from strength-based perspective, in a setting relevant to the role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven organisation skills with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload to meet timeframes and job-related expectations.
• Understanding of MARAM Framework, Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme, and Child Information Sharing Scheme (advantageous).

We provide

• Competitive salary including meal/entertainment and salary packaging.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Generous employment conditions and benefits including additional paid leave benefits - parental, study, personal and compassionate, flexible, family violence leave as well as paid ex-gratia leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Access to professional development and training including our Registered Training Organisation programs where we provide accredited and non-accredited courses.
• Best practice clinical supervision and support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• Career progression opportunities internally across Melbourne Metropolitan and Regional Victoria centres.

The base salary range is $92k-$99k (pro-rata) per annum.

Apply

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible by sending their application and resume so we can progress to interviews. You can view the position description for further information.

If you have a specific query contact Jan Earthstar, Clinical Coordinator Family Violence Counselling by phoning 0491 333 454.

All candidates must complete the Minimum Qualifications Self-Assessment form and attach this with their application.

A position description is attached.

COVID-19 compliance

Candidates will be required to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination status or medical exemption during their application process.

RAV is committed to building and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ communities and people with disabilities. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. All staff must undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable) and Working with Children Check. RAV is a public benevolent institution.