• A New and exciting role that is dedicated to young people as victim-survivors in their own right
• Be part of an engaging and innovative team that thrives on transformative change and enhancing social justice
• Competitive remuneration with salary packaging benefits available
• Max term Full-time opportunity with flexible work arrangements

About the Opportunity

The first of its kind in Australia, Amplify will build and deliver a dedicated family violence response for young people in their own right, addressing a systemic gap that has led to young people escaping violence on their own and surviving through a range of often unseen and unsafe means. The Amplify pilot will provide youth specific family violence case management for young people aged 15-19 with complex family violence risk that cannot be managed within specialist family violence services or child and family services. The program will provide targeted and therapeutic family violence intervention and support to young people who are escaping family violence and present alone without a protective parent to a youth homelessness service. This includes young people of all genders and diverse experiences of family violence including violence enacted by their families and intimate partners.

As part of this pilot, a youth specific family violence response will be delivered that brings together a family violence-informed and safety framework and age specific risk factors, and that understands and promotes the agency and rights of the young victim-survivor. This includes a response in which young people have their thoughts and perceptions of safety respected but where the use of specialist family violence risk assessment can moderate, manage, or inform that risk; and a service that sees the young person as a victim survivor in their own right.

The Amplify pilot has been shaped by the lived experiences and insights of young victim-survivors of family violence and has risen from the Amplify Project: Turning up the Volume on Young People and Family Violence.

Additionally, the role will work with the Team Leader – Young Women, Families and their Children and Senior Youth Family Violence Practitioner to support the operationalisation of the Amplify pilot project and contribute to the delivery of broader team outcomes as relevant to the funding. The role requires an experienced family violence worker who is innovative in their practice and comfortable working with young people who have multiple and intersecting needs.

About you

We are looking for someone who can:

• Provide secondary consultations to youth, housing, and multidisciplinary workers within Frontyard that support young people experiencing family violence and provide professional development and capacity building opportunities, including guidance on risk assessment, safety planning, MARAM and best practice.
• Participate in case review and care team meetings for cases led by Amplify workers, additionally supported by the Integrated Model.
• Promote and contribute to education and capacity building responses with young victim-survivors who may present with a housing need, but not yet identify or recognise that they are experiencing family violence.
• Provide brief and longer-term targeted interventions including comprehensive risk and needs assessment, safety assessment and planning, housing, mental health, AOD use and legal support to a case load.
• Contribute to broader team requirements to ensure satisfactory program performance against targets, reporting, contracts and quality compliance.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of practice innovation within the portfolio.
• Work with the Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations team to influence systemic reform and raise awareness of issues experienced by young people in the context of family violence, including participating in presentations and public speaking, where required and approved.

Benefits of working with MCM include:

• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Attractive Salary Packaging benefits
• Supportive learning and development environment
• Culture of continuous improvement

Essential:

• A bachelor’s degree in Youth Work or related fields with extensive experience working with young people that have experienced adverse childhood experiences (particularly family violence) and at least 4 years in a similar practitioner or case management role.
• Extensive knowledge of risk assessment, safety planning and the use of MARAM, particularly with young people.
• A comprehensive understanding of current government family violence policy, and demonstrated ability to participate effectively in sector reform and implement change.
• Sound theoretical practice in working with young people experiencing homelessness and complex case management based on best practice and current theory.
• Ability to contribute to and enhance program design within an integrated service to create an innovative environment that disrupts disadvantage and leads to sustainable housing pathways for young people.
• Sound ability to understand and comply with operational policies, procedures and directions of MCM and funding bodies including Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.

Desirable:

• MCM highly values a diverse workforce and is recognised by the Diversity Council of Australia as an inclusive employer. We strongly encourage applications from people with a lived experience, First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all ages and people who identify as LGBTIQ+.

Screening Criteria

• National Police check
• Working with Children check
• Valid Victorian Drivers license
• Right to Work in Australia

Please apply early. Please include your current resume and cover letter.

Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities. For assistance with your application please email: [email protected] using the subject line: Youth Family Violence Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs.

About MCM

MCM is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to safety. MCM embraces differences because we know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain talented people.

We are a leading not-for profit-for-purpose organisation that offer a broad range of services in Early Years, Disability, Homelessness, Palliative Care and Education.

Our commitment to Safety

MCM is committed to the safety of its clients and employees, taking a zero-tolerance approach to violence within the workplace and abuse, including child abuse and abuse of people with disability. All employees are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.

Our commitment to diversity

MCM embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all different backgrounds to apply regardless of age, gender, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation. We recognise the strength and value in diversity, and lived experience, actively fostering an inclusive workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.