Make a real difference

• Be part of one of Victoria’s leading not-for-profits and help create meaningful change in the community every day.
• Location: NCH – Role Located in South Eastern Suburbs
• Work type: Part Time (0.8FTE) - Ongoing
• Salary: SCHADS 5 at $53.43 - $55.85 per hour + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging
• Working model: On Site

A little bit about you

You are a compassionate and skilled practitioner with a strong commitment to supporting children and young people impacted by family violence. You bring a child-centred, trauma-informed approach and understand the complexities of family violence, including its impact on development, safety and wellbeing.

You are confident working with diverse communities, including First Nations families, LGBTIQA+ individuals and people with disability, and are committed to delivering inclusive, culturally safe practice. You’re a strong communicator who builds trusted relationships with children, families and stakeholders, and can confidently assess risk, manage complex cases and advocate for positive outcomes.

Resilient and reflective, you thrive in a collaborative environment while also working independently, maintaining professionalism in high-pressure situations and contributing to continuous improvement.

About the role

Olive’s Place is a specialist family violence program that offers safe, confidential accommodation and tailored support for adults and children who have fled their homes due to family violence. The program focuses on each person’s individual needs, strengths and goals, recognising that everyone’s experience and recovery journey is different.

Supports at Olive’s Place aim to help victim-survivors regain safety, stability and control over their lives. This includes rebuilding confidence, strengthening self-esteem, and supporting people to make decisions that feel right for them.

The Specialist Family Violence Children’s Practitioner provides child-centred, trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate support to children and young people residing in refuge and transitional housing due to family violence.

The role focuses on promoting children’s safety, wellbeing, recovery and development; ensuring their voices and rights are prioritised; and delivering intensive case management in coordination with specialist family violence practitioners.

The position contributes to a whole-of-family approach and strengthens the capacity of parents and caregivers to support their children’s recovery from family violence and longer-term stability.

The role requires strong understanding of family violence, child development, trauma impacts, the MARAM Framework and Information Sharing Schemes. 

Want the full details? View the Position Description here (also attached below).

Qualifications

• A minimum degree level qualification in social work or related discipline (required) As per the minimum mandatory qualifications requirements (Royal Commission into Family Violence (2015) Recommendation 209) 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 meet minimum qualification requirements or equivalency principles, i.e. candidates are required to hold a Bachelor of Social Work or other equivalent qualification; or are considered exempt under the Policy; or have a minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience; or a related qualification as per the mandatory minimum qualifications Last updated: March 2026 Page 7 of 8 Disclaimer: This document is considered uncontrolled when printed requirement; or hold significant cultural knowledge and experience, lived experience, and/or have faced barriers to educational pathways (note Mandatory Requirements).
• Completion of MARAM Comprehensive Family Violence Specialist Training (preferred).
• Completion of Circle of Security training (preferred). 

Key Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated understanding of the dynamics of family violence, including the application of a feminist framework to recognise gendered drivers of violence and the specific impacts on children and young people.
• Demonstrated experience supporting adult and child victim-survivors with complex, intersecting needs, including First Nations families, children with disabilities, neurodivergent children and caregivers. Skilled in inclusive practice with LGBTIQA+, multicultural and multifaith families, and responding to the impacts of homelessness, social and emotional wellbeing and child protection involvement.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in applying case management frameworks and principles within a family violence context, with effective time-management and organisational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and well-developed interpersonal skills. Demonstrated experience preparing high-quality reports, submissions, and other written documents.
• Proven administrative capability, including accurate data entry, strong attention to detail, and high-level computer literacy.
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence. 

Why join Vincentcare?

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

About Vincentcare Victoria

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

We are a leading community-focused organisation dedicated to supporting people experiencing disadvantage, including homelessness and those impacted by family violence.  We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of benefits including career development opportunities; salary packaging; study leave; family friendly, flexible working environment.

VincentCare is committed to demonstrating the principles of self-determination, reconciliation, intersectional inclusion, equity, and social justice.  This means that we will resolutely:

• Take specific steps to ensure that all staff, volunteers and clients feel valued and are treated with dignity and respect.
• Celebrate people’s diverse physical and cognitive abilities, mental or cognitive health status, cultural background and ethnicity, gender identity, sex characteristic, sexual orientation, age, faith or non-faith.
• Critically review our work to identify disadvantages and we actively seek to place the voices and expertise of marginalised people at the centre of our actions when improving our inclusion strategies.
• Lead by example in how we challenge disadvantage and contribute to a more equitable world which is free from discrimination and marginalisation.  

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How to apply

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you. To submit your application, please click ‘Apply Now’ by the closing date.

Please submit:

• Your CV
• A short cover letter outlining your suitability

Please note: applications will be reviewed as they are received and the role may close earlier. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Phone enquiries may be made to Michelle O, Manager Specialist Family Violence, on 044 781 6097.

Important information

• Pre-employment checks are required (including National Police Check, Working With Children Check and right to work)
• We are committed to child safety
• We value diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all backgrounds

No agencies please. 

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