About Women’s Health West

Women’s Health West provides specialist family violence services to women and their children. We also run prevention programs that promote equity and justice for women and girls in Melbourne’s west.

Our work has actively contributed to improving the health, safety and wellbeing of women and their children in the western metropolitan region of Melbourne since 1988.

The Family Violence First Response (FVFR) program is currently recruiting for a fixed-term Team Leader to support the team in the wake of COVID-19.

About the role

The Team Leader – Family Violence First Response (FVFR) is responsible for providing leadership to the FVFR team. The team leader supports management and coordination of the delivery of the program, ensuring high-quality, client-focused and trauma-informed services. These services include responses to referrals from police, via drop ins from clients or phone and ensuring appropriate court support. The team leader provides guidance, support, and supervision to the FVFR case managers to develop their skills and knowledge. As a team leader, the role is responsible for ensuring the program meets DHHS requirements and maintaining collaborative relationships with community partners.

This role requires:

• Tertiary qualifications in social work or a related discipline
• Leadership experience in the area of family violence service provision
• Demonstrated understanding of legislation, theory, and practice as it relates to the provision of family violence services

The role is paid at WHW EA 2017 Level 6 pay point negotiable (90K to 94K per annum pro rata EFT). The role is available in a part-time capacity (0.9 FTE) for the fixed term of 12 months.

Why join Women’s Health West?

Women’s Health West is a feminist organisation and culturally aligns to feminist values and practices. Women’s Health West’s staff enjoy numerous benefits, including working with a professional and dedicated team of women, ongoing professional development and training, flexible working conditions, and access to an Employee Assistance Program. We also offer considerable benefits through our Enterprise Agreement.

Women’s Health West has a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we work with. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. Women’s Health West has a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTI.

For further information, please contact Gracie (Coordinator - People & Culture) on either [email protected], using the subject line: Team Leader - (Weekday) Family Violence First Response enquiry via EthicalJobs or 03 9689 9588 ext. 303.

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by the Victoria Police and a working with children check. You also need to provide international police check if you have worked overseas within the last ten years for a minimum of twelve months.

Women’s Health West is an equal opportunity employer with VCAT Exemption No. H119-2017, to employ only women, and to employ women from specified culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.