Team Manager, Clinical and Recovery Services

Team Manager, Clinical and Recovery Services

Posted : 31 / 10 / 2025

Closing Date : 14 / 11 / 2025

Job Type : Permanent - Full Time

Location : Geelong - Spring Street

Job Category : Community Services and Development, Voluntary, Charity & Social Work

We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.

Job Description

About the Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre

We are a client-centred organisation, supporting the community throughout Barwon, Wimmera, and the South West regions, offering a range of specialist support services to people impacted by sexual and family violence, encompassing 24 hour crisis care, specialist response services, early intervention programs, Victims Assistance Program, Community Legal Services, trauma recovery programs, professional training and primary prevention initiatives.

About The Role

The Clinical Team Manager provides clinical leadership, governance, and oversight for the Clinical Services Team within the SAFV Centre. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, trauma-informed care delivery, leading a multidisciplinary team of AHPRA-registered and allied health professionals, maintaining clinical standards and safety, and contributing to service development and improvement.

The Clinical Team Manager holds clinical accountability for complex case management, supervision of clinical staff, triage decision-making, and ensuring adherence to the Model of Care principles and pathways.

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 :

• Flexible working arrangements
• 5 weeks annual leave and access to purchased leave for full and part time employees
• Paid parental leave
• Salary packaging
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Social initiatives
• Positive workplace culture

The SAFV Centre acknowledges and respects the First Nations ownership of the land where we work.

Desired Skills and Experience

About You

You will be a values driven person, motivated to make a difference and hold the client at the centre of everything you do. You thrive working autonomously and also collaboratively within adynamic, team environment.

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.

The successful candidate will be required to maintain a current Working with Children's Check and National Police Check at their own expense.

Key Selection Criteria

Your application must address the following :

Essential Qualifications and Registration

Current, unrestricted AHPRA / AASW registration in a relevant discipline :

Postgraduate qualifications in trauma, mental health, family therapy, clinical practice, or related field

Experience

Referees

Applicants must provide the name and current contact details of 2-3 professional referees including the most recent or current supervisor.

Period of Appointment

This position is ongoing depending on funding.

There are 2 roles available

Hours of work

The position is full time, subject to funding.

Salary and Conditions

Annual salary range is as a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner classification, Level 8 Pay Point 3, $125,080.80 annually. Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills.

Industrial Instrument : The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre Enterprise Agreement 2023.

Salary Packaging : Provided via Maxxia. PBI status with other expenses available to package above this cap. The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre is a Public Benevolent Institution.

Superannuation : The employer will also make superannuation payments on your behalf in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.

Probationary Period – 6 months with a review conducted during this time.

How To Apply

Interested applicants should submit :

Please note if you are applying via seek go to The SAFV Centre career portal to access the position description at https : / / www.safvcentre.org.au / working-with-us / careers /

The SAFV Centre is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and people with lived experience of trauma.

The SAFV Centre is committed to child safety and has zero tolerance for child abuse.

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