• Clinical best practice and career opportunities.
• Competitive salary packaging, benefits and conditions
• Hybrid working arrangements – part-time

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a secular, community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations who have been providing services to the Victorian community for over 75 years. Our vision is for “positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians”.

The role

Reporting to Senior Manager Southern and Eastern Melbourne, your responsibilities include providing an intake service for the Family Violence Counselling Program and maintaining a small caseload of counselling clients. This includes prioritising the safety of clients and their families through a thorough risk and needs assessment as per the Multi Agency Risk Assessment and Risk Management (MARAM) framework.

This position is permanent part-time working four (4) days per week including one evening shift a week. The successful candidate will be based at one or more of the sites where Family Violence Counselling is offered, this includes our Cranbourne, Kew or Shepparton Centre.

About you

• Degree qualified in social work, counselling, family therapy or psychology.
• Demonstrated experience working with individuals and families, from a strength-based perspective, in a setting relevant to the role.
• Case coordination and support experience within the family violence service sector.
• Understanding of and experience using MARAM Framework (highly desirable).
• Demonstrable skills and experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse client groups, staff and workforces or stakeholders.

We provide

• Competitive salary including meal/entertainment and salary packaging.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Generous employment conditions and benefits including additional paid leave benefits - parental, study, personal and compassionate, flexible, family violence leave as well as paid ex-gratia leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Access to professional development and training including our Registered Training Organisation programs where we provide accredited and non-accredited courses.
• Best practice clinical supervision and support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• Career progression opportunities internally across Melbourne Metropolitan and Regional Victoria centres.

The base salary range is $92k - $99k (pro-rata) per annum.

Apply

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible by sending their application and resume so we can progress to interviews. You can view the position description for further information. If you have a specific query contact Jan Earthstar, Clinical Coordinator of Family Violence Counselling by phoning 0491 333 454.

COVID-19 compliance

Candidates will be required to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination status or medical exemption during their application process.

RAV is committed to building and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ communities and people with disabilities. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. All staff must undergo a National Police Check, International Police Check (if applicable) and Working with Children Check. RAV is a public benevolent institution.

A position description is attached.