- Eaglemont location, Wurundjeri Country
- Permanent – Part-time 0.7FTE
- Base salary $102K, plus super and salary packaging
“We have led the sector with our work, influenced the Royal Commission and have continued to drive change and reform in our sector so that we can keep victim survivors safe and hold perpetrators accountable.”
Your Opportunity
Join our passionate Northern Specialist Family Violence Service team who are leading the way for integrated family violence services in the Northern Metropolitan sub-region.
Victim Survivors and their children’s needs are at the forefront for our team. Our key purpose is to ensure they can remain safely within their community and maintain a life free of violence. Our services support victim survivors of family violence and their children inclusive of cis gendered heterosexual women and, their children; and people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Community (LGBTIQA+) and their children.
Providing therapeutic counselling to victim survivors you will have the opportunity to work from a progressive framework that promotes a sense of self and encourages the victim survivors own empowerment and will have an understanding of the multi factorial contributors to the experience of family violence by an individual.
Your skills and experience
We are looking for an empathetic experienced counsellor who understands the needs of victim survivors and their children. You will have experience within the sector, sound understanding of the Child, Youth and Families Act 2007 and the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 and enjoy working within a multi disciplinary team.
This role requires a minimum Bachelor level qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or related. For more information on minimum qualification requirements, please follow this link https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners
Berry Street
Join our team! We are one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing over 40,000 diverse programs to young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people! We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!
Extra Benefits
- Additional salary packaging that increases your take home pay
- Regular reflective supervision
- Access to a wide range of impressive training and development opportunities
- A commitment to flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family
- 10 weeks paid parental leave + other generous leave conditions!
How to Apply
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria for the position to be submitted by midnight on Monday 6 November 2023.
- Queries to Gina Pinches – Team Leader, Family Violence Counselling on 0439 834 526.
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.
Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.