• Employment Type: Full Time
• Hours: 75 Hours Per Fortnight
• Area: Greater Shepparton Region

Primary Care Connect is a local community health centre operating under the social model of health. We are a not-for-profit organisation that has continued to offer local, quality services focusing on a range of health and wellbeing matters for the past 30 years. We work to achieve this by providing inclusive community health care services of the highest quality. We work collaboratively with individuals and other stakeholders to identify, discuss, and resolve the complex issues affecting our community’s health and wellbeing

To find out more about Primary Care Connect, please visit www.primarycareconnect.com.au

Join Primary Care Connect as the new Specialist Family Violence Practitioner role at The Orange Door!

About The Orange Door

A key recommendation of the Royal Commission and the Roadmap for Reform was to establish a network of Support and Safety Hubs (‘Hubs’) across Victoria to provide a new way for women, children and young people experiencing family violence, and families who need assistance with the care and wellbeing of children to access the services they need to be safe and supported. These Hubs are known as The Orange Door. The Orange Door is also intended to hold perpetrators to account by planning interventions to address the risk they pose and challenging their controlling, violent and abusive behaviour.

To find out more about The Orange Door, visit https://www.orangedoor.vic.gov.au/.

About the Role

Auspiced by Primary Care Connect within The Orange Door network, The Practitioner – Family Violence Services will provide screening, assessment, triage and short-term response to all incoming referrals for women and children through an Integrated Practice Framework. The Practitioner will work in close partnership with other Practitioners to work towards increasing the safety of women and children experiencing family violence whilst complying with the Information Share Legislation and utilising the MARAM Framework.

The Orange Door team includes a mix of staff employed by Family Safe Victoria (FSV) and staff employed by CSOs, Aboriginal services and DHHS. For each launch site the size of the team will vary to reflect the local needs.

This position reports to a Specialist Family Violence Team Leader, within the wider family violence team under the Executive Manager – Family Violence. It is also expected that this position works within the larger Orange Door and Primary Care Connect teams, and network with external organisations.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential

• A Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent, a willingness to work towards an equivalent qualification as set out in Mandatory Minimum Qualifications – Qualifications Mapping, or an exemption to the mandatory minimum qualifications including: existing family violence practitioner with a break of no more than four years and/or cultural knowledge and/or lived experience, and barriers to education.
• A knowledge and understanding of the drivers/causes of family violence and child and family vulnerability, as well as the child and family services and/or broader social services sector and their fundamental practices and theories is required.
• Demonstrated experience in family violence practice within complex service delivery contexts, particularly multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to the provision of services to vulnerable children, families and diverse communities is required.
• Excellent written and oral communication: has experience in public speaking, providing presentation and facilitation skills. Has experience in adhering to the legislative requirements and the Victorian Government’s records, information security and privacy policies and requirements.
• Expert knowledge and experience working in family violence teams; has demonstrated experience in applying risk assessment and risk management frameworks in a family violence context; has knowledge of the gendered nature of family violence, the drivers and causes of family violence and feminist, intersectionality and human rights frameworks pertaining to adults and children; has deep understanding of the role of the law and legal system in the context of responding to family violence and vulnerable children and families; has knowledge of practice working with women, children, families, victims and perpetrators of family violence; has experience working with Victoria’s diverse communities.
• Stakeholder partnerships: demonstrated commitment to work collaborate with internally and externally with partners and stakeholders and community members. Capacity to build partnerships, negotiate and liaise at leadership level for the best interest of clients and outcomes.
• Self-management: demonstrates an ability to flexibly manage competing priorities and stressful situations
• Experience using technology to complete daily work tasks

Desirable

• Post Graduate qualification in Social Work – Family Violence Stream or similar training in working with Family Violence

Benefits and Perks

Primary Care Connect provides a supportive workplace with staff who are committed and passionate about the community that we work in. Some of the many benefits of working with PCC include:

• Professional Development
• Salary Packaging
• Employee Assistance Program

All candidates who are interested in the position must include in their application the following; 

• Cover letter including address to Key Selection Criteria
• Resume with at least two professional references, or willingness to provide on request

Further information can be found by:

1. Visiting our careers page: https://www.primarycareconnect.com.au/Careers/Current-Vacancies OR
2. Contacting Chris McInnes – Executive Manager Family Violence (03)5823 3200