• Hybrid working available - laptop and phone provided
• 5 weeks annual leave per year
• Attractive Salary Packaging options available
• Classification: up to QUAL SOC WKR GR2 YR4 (SC24) OR COMM DEV WKR CL 2B YR 7 (ON15)
• This role is 4 days per week but can discuss full time for the right applicant!

Who We Are and What We Stand For

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve, and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

What You Will Be Doing

You will be working closely with young people who are displaying violence in the home by using a family systems approach alongside individual support for family members. Your day will involve outreach and office based work, single person and family group meetings and lots of space for reflection. The goal is to reduce violence and increase safety for all family members.

For more information please view the Position Description.

Overview of the Program and Service

Keeping Families Safe (KFS) is a state-funded specialist AVITH (Adolescent Violence in the Home) program that focuses on stopping adolescent’s use of abusive behaviours within their family relationships as well as enhancing the safety needs of all family members. The program is able to provide support to parents, carers, and family members, alongside the young person, when adolescent violence in the home is occurring. KFS work with families in a way that is non-blaming and non-shaming and seeks to understand the different viewpoints within the family.

The KFS role works closely with other services within Peninsula Health as well as with The Orange Door and other identified external agencies to facilitate connections to ongoing appropriate supports and to enhance safe relationships and positive, age-appropriate social connections for the young person and their family members.

What You Need

We anticipate you will have:

• A relevant graduate qualification in Social Work or related social sciences
• Demonstrated skills and experience in working with high risk young people and ideally also with families
• Well-developed understanding of the impacts of family violence for family members and the broader community.
• Demonstrable skills in working with complex clients including de-escalation, self-management and reflective practice. • Demonstrated clinical experience working with multidisciplinary teams to provide a high level of performance and innovation.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake comprehensive intake assessments.

What Next

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

Additional Requirements

Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.

To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit:
https://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/careers/working-preparing-employment/

*Please refer to the salary circular for Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021 - 2026 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.

This role must meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.