About The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre
We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon, Warrnambool, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, crisis accommodation, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.
About The Role
This role will hold responsibility for providing practice guidance to staff employed at the refuge with a focus on identifying and supporting the unique needs of children and young people. This guidance will include supporting staff to consistently ensure that the developmental, therapeutic, practical and
social needs of children residing at refuge are met, as well as interventions that are designed to increase their emotional safety, and to support the mother-child attachment. This position will also have responsibility for the development of practice guidelines for working with children and young people at refuge.
This role will have a primary focus on supporting staff at the Morgana Refuge in the Barwon Region, however may also provide secondary support to staff at the Emma House Refuge in Warrnambool. This position is part-time fixed term (3 days per week for 9 months).
About You
With degree qualifications in psychology, family therapy or social work, you will be able to demonstrate experience in the delivery of therapeutic interventions, case management and risk assessment. With a comprehensive understanding of the issues relating to sexual assault and family violence within a gendered context, you have significant knowledge and expertise in working therapeutically with the dynamics and effects of interpersonal trauma.
You will be a values driven person, motivated to make a difference and hold the client at the centre of everything you do.
If you share our vision for a community free from family violence and sexual assault and are motivated to make a difference, we would like to hear from you. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work. You care for our clients and we care for you, including by investing in your development and wellbeing. You will have access to leading specialists and training and development that supports you in your role and in your longer term career journey. We offer a variety of career pathway options, leading salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements that help you manage your work and your life.
Why work for The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre?
The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre takes pride in being an employer of choice; we are passionate about the wellbeing of our team members and we celebrate diversity and inclusion in all we do. We have a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction and provide a number of complementary benefits to our staff, some of our benefits include:
- Generous above award Enterprise Agreement entitlements
- Flexible and part time working arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- 10 weeks Paid parental leave
- Salary packaging
- Health and Wellbeing initiatives
- Flu vaccinations
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Social initiatives
- Positive workplace culture
The SAFV Centre acknowledges and respects the traditional Aboriginal custodians of the land.
Applications close 5pm Thursday 14 December 2023
To apply, please send your resume and response to the key selection criteria to [email protected]. All applications must address the key selection criteria outlined in the PD.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Chantale White on 0487 546 939.
The SAFV Centre is a registered Child Safe Organisation; committed to safeguarding children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to maintain a current Working With Children’s check and National Police Check.