• Job no: EQPGK

Northern Specialist Family Violence Service (NSFVS) provides a range of specialist family violence programs. The service aims to support victim survivors and their children to remain safely within their community and maintain a life free of violence while also addressing the emotional and practical needs and issues arising from the violence. 

The Opportunity

Our NSFVS team are the lead provider for the integrated family violence service system in the Northern Metropolitan sub-region. The NSFVS provides support services to victim survivors of family violence including children, inclusive of cisgender heterosexual women; and people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Community (LGBTIQ+).

The service aims to support victim survivors and their children to remain safely within their community and maintain a life free of violence while also addressing the emotional and practical needs and issues arising from the violence.

This full-time, permanent position is based at our Preston office with a mix of working in the office and working from home.

• $124k pa + superannuation and salary packaging

Key Responsibilities

NSFVS operates within a collaborative and supportive team environment with a strong focus on partnerships with relevant external organisations. 

As the Program Manager you will provide leadership and oversight of specialist family violence practitioners responding to victim survivors and their children. This role provides oversight in the areas of case management, family violence counselling and community engagement.

The role includes providing supervision, support and consultation to the team within the program and providing consultation to external agencies such as Family Safety Victoria and Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.

The Program Manager is a member of the NSFVS Management Team and participates in strategic and program development, including regularly reviewing practices and procedures of the NSFVS.

Program areas of scope include:

• Case Management
• Family Violence Counselling 
• Strategic Community Engagement
• Internal and external Partnerships 

About You

• 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
• Minimum two years’ experience in a leadership role in the community sector and experience in managing a team in a complex, person centred, trauma informed program.

Are You Across Our Berry Street Benefits? 

• $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
• Flexible work arrangements
• 10 weeks paid parental leave
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter to be submitted via the "Apply Now" button.

Queries to Sharon Clarke - Assistant Director, Specialist Family Violence; Orange Doors; Youth & Family Services on (03) 9450 4700 or [email protected] using the subject line: Program Manager - Case Management, Counselling & Communities enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

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 LGBTIQA+. 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.

A position description is attached.