• Support the implementation of best practice in service delivery.
• Full-time, ongoing position
• Based in Cranbourne North and Boronia

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced senior family violence practitioner to join Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) in this important role with staff who have been delivering effective client focused services and outcomes for over 70 years in Victoria.

About RAV

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 70 years. Our vision is for “positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians”. Our objective is to relieve suffering, distress and helplessness and to enhance physical, social and emotional wellbeing. Our services are for all members of the community, regardless of their religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, lifestyle choice, cultural background or economic circumstances. RAV provides services from centres across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Manager Southern and Eastern Melbourne, with day-to-day support from the Co-ordinator Family Violence (South/East) you will be responsible for the delivery of high quality family violence support services and programs through an integrative and co-ordinated practice response when engaged with individuals, women or family that are affected by family violence. You will offer high quality clinical supervision for all allocated family violence staff across Southern and Eastern Melbourne.

This role is a permanent, full time position, based at Cranbourne North and Boronia. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will be required to work a minimum of one (1) evening per week.

Skills, experience and qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work or a related social science discipline,
• Completion of ‘No to Violence’ Graduate Certificate in Male Behaviour Change Group Facilitation through Swinburne University,
• Experience in the provision of family violence supervision with staff working with men, women and children,
• Experience in the provision of high-quality assessment of individuals and families, where family violence is an identified risk, and,
• Excellent written and oral communication skills,

A copy of the position description (can be viewed below and) is available on our website when you click Apply Now.

What we offer

A competitive salary package is on offer to the successful candidate with a base salary range of $99k to $102k per annum, superannuation and access to salary packaging. We are an ‘employer of choice’ providing best practice professional development, training, clinical supervision and work / life balance conditions and benefits to our staff. To apply for this position, use the APPLY button and attach your covering letter responding to the above job requirements “Skills, experience and qualifications” and your current resume/cv.

For specific queries about this position contact Suresh Ramachandraiah, Senior Manager Southern and Eastern Melbourne by phoning 0421 510 113.

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.