Specialist Family Violence Hub Practitioner - The Orange Door

Specialist Family Violence Hub Practitioner - The Orange Door

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We are one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 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.

• Bacchus Marsh Location, Bordering on Wadawurrung & Wurrundjeri Country
• Full‑time, Fixed Term position until June 2026
• Base Salary $110K pa + Super & Salary Packaging

Your Opportunity

Berry Street's Western Specialist Family Violence Service provides a Specialist Family Violence team within The Orange Door (Bacchus Marsh Region) as an initiative resulting per Recommendations 37 and 38 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence.

Key Responsibilities

The Specialist Family Violence Hub Practitioner plays a critical role in family violence risk assessment, safety planning and engagement of victim / survivors and children into any supports they need. The referrals are a combination of police referred, victim / survivors calling our service directly, or referrals from other services. The service can be provided by contacting victim / survivors by phone, face‑to‑face at the Hub, or conducting outreach appointments.

Your Skills And Experience

You will hold a minimum Bachelor level qualification in Social Work, recent employment in the family violence sector or equivalency met through the 7 Equivalency Principles in line with Recommendation 209's minimum mandatory qualification requirements. For more information, please follow this link https : / / www.vic.gov.au / mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners

Extra Benefits

How To Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted ASAP as we will be assessing applications as we are receiving them. Queries to Mandy Gambino - Senior Manager on 03 5330 5000.

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 LGBTQIA+. 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.

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