ORGANISATION INFORMATON

The Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights (AMWCHR) is an organisation of Muslim women working to advance the rights and status of Muslim women in Australia. We are a non-religious organisation reflecting the sectarian, cultural and linguistic diversity within the Muslim community.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Family Violence Settlement Caseworker (FV/SETS caseworker) works alongside newly arrived migrant and refugee Muslim women as they navigate the mainstream system designed to respond to FV and settlement needs. This includes risk assessments, safety planning, case planning, engaging with police and court processes, advocacy work to support client access to housing, financial and material aid, mental health and health services, working for positive outcomes with child protection and addressing client wellbeing. Our work is delivered over the phone, online and face to face.

This role requires high level knowledge around human rights and issues relevant to Muslim women, particularly within the contexts of family violence, early and forced marriage, religious divorce, migration and trauma. The ability to successfully manage a range of complexities and competing demands are essential to this role.

The role holds responsibility for risk assessment, risk management and case management in line with the MARAM framework and the Settlement Engagement and Transition Support (SETS) funding stream.

The caseworker will sensitively work through issues pertinent to our diverse community such as the intersection of religion and culture and how these aspects can be mobilised to control and abuse women and their children as well as the significant systemic barriers to engaging in mainstream opportunities and resources as a new migrant with varying language and literacy skills amongst other challenges.

Priority areas will be in FV supports as well key areas of settlement support including: employment, education and training, language acquisition, housing, health, family services, justice and social participation.

This role requires high level knowledge around human rights and issues relevant to Muslim women, particularly within the contexts of migration and settlement in Australia. The ability to successfully manage a range of complexities and competing demands are essential to this role.

AMWCHR supports women from diverse ethnic, language, cultural and sectarian groups, making for deeply client centred, strengths-based case management.

AMWCHR offers regular supervision, reflective practice and a collaborative workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage women from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

The recruiting panel will need to feel confident that the successful candidate will understand AMWCHR values, integrate these values into their work and demonstrate behaviours that reflect these values.

Highly Desirable

• Ability to work successfully in a changing environment, accept new challenges and continually strive for improvement.
• Ability to speak a language other than English relevant to recently arrived Muslim women.
• Experience working within a Human Rights framework.
• Understanding and experience of migration and settlement issues.
• Understanding of Muslim culture and diversity.
• Understanding of the political representation of Muslim women within Muslim community as well as broader social/political contexts.
• Knowledge of women’s support agencies and systems across Victoria.
• Knowledge of client data and management information systems.
• Understanding of intersectionality, community development theory, gender theory, feminist theory, reflective practice, solutions-focused practice etc.
• Experience in program evaluation and qualitative and practice-based research methodologies.

Mandatory Key Selection Criteria: (applicants must respond to this KSC)

1. Significant experience and demonstrated ability to independently deliver case management for newly arrived migrant and refugee victim/survivors.
2. Demonstrated ability to identify, assess risk and safety plan, including those unique to Muslim women and in accordance with MARAM.
3. Minimum Bachelor level qualification in Social Work, a qualification in a related discipline or a relevant Diploma level qualification with extensive experience.
4. Understanding of systemic disadvantage and discrimination.
5. Understanding of the human rights framework to approach intersectional issues Muslim women may experience.
6. Demonstrated experience in working with Muslim women, their families and communities in the settlement and family violence context.
7. Excellent problem-solving skills demonstrating resourcefulness when supporting clients in highly vulnerable and marginalised circumstance.
8. Well-developed communication skills, including written and verbal presentation skills, diplomatic and effective liaison and interpersonal skills.
9. Ability to provide detailed reports on outcomes and collect statistics for program evaluation
10. Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and play a leadership role across the organisation.
11. Excellent time management skills and the ability to work independently.
12. Current Drivers Licence, Working with Children Check and police check.

Only Muslim women with relevant skills to this role are invited to apply. AMWCHR considers this condition a Special Measure under s 12 of the VEOHRC Act 2010 (Vic).