NGATANWAAR (Welcome)

Work in an appreciative and supportive environment, that offers generous remuneration – including tax savings and additional leave where you will achieve real and meaningful outcomes that positively affect our community.

Established in 1979, Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative’s vision is simple: “Empower the individual the family wins, Empower the family the community wins, Empower the community our culture wins”. Our team of dedicated professionals work together to achieve this outcome as evidenced in our latest audit where we received two rare commendations Workforce Development and Diversity & Cultural Safety. Put simply, this is a great and highly supportive place to work.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

This role assists Indigenous women and children for whom family violence contributes to circumstances that threaten, or adversely affect, their safety and security. This includes those who are no longer in coercive and controlling relationships, those who choose to remain in a coercive and controlling relationship, and those who have not previously accessed police or crisis services for family violence related matters.

The Holistic Family Violence Practitioner:

• Provides culturally safe, respectful, and appropriate advocacy and support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children, who have experienced or are effected by family violence.
• Assists survivors of family violence to identify both immediate and medium-term goals with the focus on reducing risk, regaining control, and setting a course for healing. 
• Raise community awareness regarding family violence and its effects within the community and more effectively address the impact that family violence has on Aboriginal people.

THE IDEAL PERSON FOR THIS ROLE

Essential

• Be a female who has an understanding and commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, culture and the philosophy and practice of Aboriginal Community Control.
• Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification or having significant cultural knowledge and lived experience and working towards a Bachelor of Social work or equivalent qualification.
• Ability to work with Aboriginal organisations, communities, and individuals in culturally safe and appropriate ways.
• Demonstrated understanding of the inter-generational impact of family violence within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
• Demonstrated experience in case management, practice frameworks and models relevant to working with vulnerable families experiencing Family Violence.
• Ability to make timely, sound decisions and assessments regarding children youth and families experiencing Family Violence.
• Good understanding of the judicial system and applicable legislation.
• Effective liaison and communication skills with the Indigenous community and the wider community.
• Commitment to working collaboratively within a small team environment and to work autonomously as required.
• Competent in using relevant computer programs.

Desirable

• Identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage,
• Previous experience working in a similar role with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women and children.

HOW TO APPLY

Position descriptions are available at https://www.gunditjmara.org.au/current-vacancies.

Please forward your covering letter (addressing the key selection criteria) and resume to [email protected] .

We are looking to fill these position ASAP, however we will wait for the right candidate, so get in quick.

We are a Child Safe organisation. This means that any job offer will be subject to strict screening processes and proof of immunisation (both childhood & Covid). See the position description for further information. 

For further information, please contact Jacinta Rose on (03) 5559 1234.