DFV Practitioner – Crisis Response
Part Time 30 hours per week.
Fixed Term Contract to 30 June 2024
Western Sydney Based
Life at DVSM
Domestic Violence NSW Service Management (DVSM) is a registered charity which aims to prevent violence and provide support and assistance to women and children escaping or experiencing domestic and family violence and homelessness. Our vision is for a world free from violence. Our purpose is to build individual and community safety and wellbeing through the provision of direct services to people experiencing domestic and family violence and homelessness and other wellbeing needs.
A key part of working in this role is to demonstrate our values in day-to-day work. These values are:
• Person Centred – We listen and embrace diversity to support our clients to achieve their self-defined goals.
• Excellence – We exceed expectations with our professionalism and evidence-based products, programs and services.
• Respect – We remain open minded and non judgmental.
• Integrity – We are ethical, transparent and accountable.
Your Opportunity
The DFV Crisis Response Service provides support to women with or without children in immediate crisis who are escaping Domestic and Family Violence. The program focuses on assessing client’s needs, safety planning and linking them to alternative safe accommodation. This team is required to maintain relationships with local temporary and crisis accommodation pathways and providers and have strategies in place to enable access.
You will be responsible for delivering person centred, strengths-based case management services within a Human Rights Framework. This role requires you to work onsite and in outreach settings across the Blacktown LGA.
You are required to participate in the on-call roster on a rotating basis. You will work in collaboration with the Senior DFV Practitioner and Manager Crisis Services to support the achievement of organisational goals and maintains a positive culture within the team.
Your Impact
• Adhere to a trauma-informed approach when addressing clients’ mental health, safety, and wellbeing needs as identified.
• Provide advocacy, information and support for women and their children who have experienced DFV.
• Engage in safety planning with women to ensure their safety, wellbeing and dignity is upheld.
• Develop and maintain accurate, confidential records including case notes, case plans, support letters and data collection.
• The capacity to engage in an on-call roster is a fundamental requirement of the position.
What you’ll bring to the role
• A relevant degree or certification in social work or related field is preferred.
• 2 years’ experience working directly with clients who have experienced DFV and/or homelessness.
• Demonstrated experience working in direct support roles in the DFV or welfare sector.
• Experience working in a team based environment.
• Valid Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• Valid First Aid Certification
• A National Police Check
What DVSM will provide for you
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via Access Pay)
• Rewarding Work – Work for an organisation who is committed to supporting families who have experienced DFV achieve their best outcome.
• Work for a dedicated children’s service in the DFV sector with a dedicated team and leadership team to seeing the children’s services grow.
• Flexible work environment
• Access to Learning and development and professional supervision
As we are an organisation that supports and services for women and children, to be female is a genuine requirement for the position under Section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information about who we are and what we do, please visit our website www.dvnswsm.org.au.