About the Program

Building Stronger Families (BSF)– Working with Refugee and Migrant Communities to Increase Family Safety is a partnership project to deliver culturally adapted Men’s Behaviour Change Programs, to specific refugee and migrant communities in their own language in Western Sydney. In collaboration with cultural leaders/stakeholders and communities, we deliver a culturally responsive model focused on improving family safety and strengthening family relationships, whilst building on cultural strengths and taking into account settlement issues.

What you’ll do

Relationships Australia NSW and Settlement Services International are seeking skilled and enthusiastic staff for a joint project funded through the Domestic and Family Violence Innovation Fund (Women NSW).

We are seeking Group Facilitators and Case Workers to work specifically within the Building Stronger Families Project. Cultural expertise and bi-lingual skills are a requirement including Arabic, Farsi and Dari.

The work is suitable for professionals experienced in facilitating psycho-educational groups for men, women and families, particularly people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. This is suited to Case Workers who have experience working with families where there has been Domestic and Family Violence.

Responsibilities include:

• Group Facilitators - Provision of group-based programs in language, including working with men and women, and in some instances children and families in groups
• Case Workers - Provide Therapeutic Case Work within a Men’s Behavioural Change Model to men who have perpetrated Domestic and family Violence
• Close liaison with the Community Engagement Program Coordinator (SSI) in delivering BSF programs, promotion to/engagement with community, and facilitating referrals into the groups
• Create culturally safe and responsive client service
• Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of programs
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of program resources

Successful candidates will be required on a casual basis with flexible working arrangements, potentially including after hours and weekends. Hours/days of work will be discussed with the successful candidates. The employer will be Relationships Australia NSW unless candidates are SSI employees already.

Details:

• Casual role
• Based in South Western/Western Sydney

What you’ll bring:

• Experience as a bi-lingual group facilitator/community educator/case worker
• Group Facilitator - Skills, experience and understanding in key group work program areas, particularly working with migrant and refugee families, issues of Family Violence, risk assessment and safety planning
• Case Worker - Skills, experience and understanding in key case work program areas, particularly working with migrant and refugee families, issues of Family Violence, risk assessment and safety planning
• Capacity to use self reflection, clinical supervision and professional development to improve clinical practice and co-leaderships
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including bi-lingual skills fluent in English as well as fluent Arabic, Farsi and Dari speakers
• Able to work collaboratively within a team based workplace
• Relevant Tertiary Qualifications in the human services area (Social Work, Community Service, Psychology, Counselling) and group work training is desirable

Next Steps

Interested? Apply today. Submit your application via the Apply Now link.

It is a condition of employment that employees who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination must be fully vaccinated and comply with current COVID-19 booster vaccinations in order to perform duties at any of our workplaces from the 1st January 2022. If you are not medically eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you must provide Relationships Australia NSW with acceptable evidence of having a health condition for which obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is contraindicated.