• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration
• Full time ongoing position, based in Shepparton

About the opportunity

The role of the Senior Practitioner Court Intake and Assessment is to have oversight of the assessment function for the CMCOP and to contribute to the broader delivery of the CMCOP, within the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria at Shepparton.

The Senior Practitioner Court Intake and Assessment will establish and maintain close working relationships with the SFVC workforce and wider MCV staff. Through these effective relationships the Senior Practice Court Intake and Assessment will and work towards ongoing risk assessment, perpetrator risk management, perpetrator accountability, behaviour change objectives and victim survivor safety.

The role will involve regular liaison with external agencies and integrated response entities to contribute towards assessing and managing risk, including but not limited to, Victoria Police, and RAMP.

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About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone with:

• Proven experience in Family Violence Intervention and support service delivery
• Sound understanding of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, Victorian government family violence service system reforms, the MARAM framework.
• An awareness of Culturally sensitive practice when providing services to Aboriginal, CALD and LGBTIQ communities
• A demonstrated understanding of the intersections of family violence with AOD, Mental Health, cognitive impairment, gambling harm and other issues that can exacerbate family violence.

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more or apply today by uploading the below as a part of your application.

• Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability according to the position description)
• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

Get in touch

Shane Maskey, Team Leader, Men's Behaviour Change Program Shepparton

03 5831 6157

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and well-being of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.