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Project Manager - Building Family Violence Prevention & Response Capability of the Volunteer Workforce Project

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Court Network is a frontline community organisation that enables court users to better understand and navigate the court system. The focus of its Mission is to attend to the needs of people at court by providing non-legal support, information and referrals. Court Network volunteers empower and increase the confidence of court users to manage the requirements of the courts. Their role is complementary to that provided by legal and other services within the courts and tribunals.

Court Network received funding from the Family Safety Victoria’s Centre for Workforce Excellence to deliver theBuilding Family Violence Prevention and Response Capability of the Volunteer Workforce Project. This position has a strong community development and capacity building focus which aims to identify how volunteers in mainstream and universal services can effectively engage with people who may be experiencing family violence and assist them to get the help they need.

Project Manager will be responsible for two key aspects of the project:

1. Strengthening Court Network’s Family Violence Prevention and Response Workforce Capability by:

  • Scoping how CN currently identifies, responds and provides support to court users who experience or perpetrate family violence, including family violence capacity building for paid staff and volunteers
  • Evaluating CN’s current Enhanced Family Violence Support Program and its resources and assessing needs of the entire workforce (paid staff and volunteers) across all courts and jurisdictions and across all service models
  • Refining existing and developing new products, tools and resources to strengthen CN staff and volunteers’ family violence capabilities
  • Mapping existing and identifying new critical connections with local stakeholders to support referral, secondary consultation, and collaboration with the aim of establishing new and strengthening existing relationships and partnerships

2. Strengthening the broader volunteering sector’s Family Violence Prevention and Response Workforce Capability by:

  • Identifying and building partnerships with key mainstream and volunteer agencies to support project outcomes.
  • Exploring opportunities to integrate volunteer sector specific capabilities, including existing and emerging practice frameworks, assessments, training and resources
  • Testing CN products, tools and resources with a selected agency from the broader volunteering sector to identify their suitability for the sector
  • Presenting recommendations for the development of customised products, tools and resources

For further information please contact Maya Avdibegovic at [email protected], using the subject line: Project Manager - Building Family Violence Prevention & Response Capability of the Volunteer Workforce Project enquiry via EthicalJobs, or phone 0466 988 448.

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