About Juno

Juno works with women and gender diverse people and their children in Melbourne’s northern suburbs who are experiencing homelessness, family violence, or economic insecurity.

We are an independent, feminist organisation with a commitment to social change. Our work is led by frameworks of feminist, intersectional, and politicised trauma informed practice. Our approach to support is non-judgemental, evidence-based, and person-centred.

We recognise the many ways women and gender diverse people can be marginalised and the cumulative effects that multiple forms of discrimination can have. We speak out and amplify the voices of our participants to increase awareness of the challenges they face, the support required and to advocate for change to the systems and structures that hold them back.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced family violence specialist to provide specialist family violence case management leadership, activities, and secondary consultation advice to homelessness services in Melbourne’s North.

This practice lead role is an ongoing 0.9-1.0 EFT SCHADS Level 6 position. In this role you will:

• Provide specialist family violence leadership to specialist family violence worker within Juno team.
• Partner with women and gender diverse people, and their children, to support their safety, increase their independence and enable them to thrive.
• Provide a range of person-centred brief intervention and longer-term case management activities
• Collaborate and provide specialist family violence secondary consultation and co-case management
• Deliver training and capacity building to Homelessness services
• Implement the roll out of new Family Violence Case Management guidelines.

**Juno now provides our case management team the option of flexible work from home one day per week**

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Commitment to working in a framework that is feminist, intersectional, and trauma informed.
• Extensive experience with the family violence service system.
• Expert understanding of the impact of trauma and recovery orientated approaches to support and intervention.
• Well-developed communication and advocacy skills, including the capacity to advise and consult effectively with victim-survivors, service providers and other professionals.
• Demonstrated practice in working collaboratively.
• 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 here.

The Benefits

• Feminist, intersectional, and politicised trauma informed leadership
• Workplace committed to diversity and inclusion
• Work within a creative and collaborative team
• Work from home one day per week
• Great opportunities for workforce development and training
• Additional salary packaging available for meals and entertainment
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Juno strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women and gender diverse people of all abilities, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and LGBTIQA+ communities.

Employment is subject to satisfactory referee checks, a current employment working with Children Check and National Criminal History check.

For further information please contact [email protected], using the subject line: Specialist Family Violence Lead Case Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.