Senior Therapeutic Family Violence Practitioner

Full Time Permanent

Sunshine 

About Us

At Baptcare, we care. Our Mission and Vision are lived through our WE CARE Values: for our residents, customers, clients, partners, and supporters; with the very young through to the very old, the vulnerable, with families through all of life’s stages and challenges.

Baptcare is a purpose driven organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. Focused on providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.

Our Values are Wellbeing, Ethics, Co-creating, Accountability, Respect and Effectiveness​. ​

The Therapeutic Family Violence First Response Practitioner within the +WAVES (Positive Wellbeing After Violence EndS) program provides client-centered therapeutic support to victim survivors of family violence. They offer a range of interventions for individuals, children, and young people through various modalities including individual, dyadic, family or group sessions, using a single session thinking framework in the context of their family violence experience.

This role delivers short to medium-term interventions, thorough intake and assessment, brief, non-crisis case management and therapeutic recovery assistance. The program collaborates with Spectrum Migrant Resource Center (Spectrum) and the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) to provide culturally sensitive and trauma-informed service.

The Senior Practitioner is part of an integrated team focused on therapeutic recovery, reporting to the +WAVES Team Leader and indirectly to the Family Violence Services Manager. The program operates in Western Melbourne and Brimbank/ Melton local government areas, utilising multiple service locations for accessibility including Sunshine office, telehealth, outreach such as schools, local council sites, and client accommodation.

Duties, skills and experience

Skills and Experience:

• Tertiary Qualifications in Social Work, Psychology or other relevant Human Services qualification and/or experience (essential)
• Minimum of two years’ experience post qualification working with children and families
• Qualifications in Family Therapy, Child Development and Trauma (desirable)
• Ability to utilise individual face-to-face therapeutic skills with adults, young people, and children.
• Experience in planning and facilitating evidence based/informed therapeutic individual and group programs. (desirable)
• Capacity to analyse complex issues, including the impact of violence and trauma, safety and risk, provide therapeutic interventions for women and children and assist them to achieve goals.
• Demonstrated evidence informed knowledge and application of therapeutic models and theories to develop skill- based interventions that enable positive change.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential skills:

• Ability to utilise individual face to face therapeutic skills with adults.
• Ability to be self-directed and work autonomously and demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Confident communication skills, in written and verbal English, highly impactful influencing, negotiation, persuasion and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in planning and facilitating evidence based/informed therapeutic individual and group programs.
•  Ability to undertake client centred therapeutic assessments and develop a therapeutic goal plan in partnership with the client that reflects the individual needs of the client.
• Ability to adjust to meet the changing situations of the client group while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
• Sound stakeholder management and the ability to build and maintain strong, credible relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Strong computer skills and use of full suite of Microsoft office.

Attributes:

• Dedication to the Company’s Mission and Values.
• Proven ability to establish trust, rapport and confidence with a range of stakeholders, including internal customers and external suppliers.
• Highly motivated and passionate.
• Strong execution.
• Team player.
• Cultural awareness.

How to Apply:

Please click ‘Apply Now’ or visit careers.baptcare.org.au/jobs/search to apply.

Applications must address the key selection criteria to be considered.

Please forward queries to:

Ginnelle Mullins

[email protected] 0418 346 116

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Baptcare subscribes to a mobile and flexible work environment.

We are an inclusive workplace that welcomes diversity and promotes cultural safety. Baptcare respects people of different cultures, genders, sexual identities as well as ages, beliefs and abilities. We welcome applicants who may require adjustments.

Baptcare acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia. We commit to supporting their right to self-determination and supporting unity between First Australians and new settlers.