• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Permanent part time, 4 days per week
• Based at Ringwood

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Family Violence Therapeutic Worker to join the Family Violence team, as part of our Homeless Intake and Prevention Program. The role will provide individual and group work programs for children within the Pathways to Resilience Program. The program offers therapeutic services to children, young people and adults, who are victim survivors of family violence. The program focuses on addressing impacts of family violence to ensure victim survivors are safe, heal from their experiences and develop resilience into the future.

The Senior Family Violence Therapeutic Worker will participate in the referral intake process, undertake family violence risk assessments, facilitate group work activities, and deliver client-focused, therapeutic responses. As a Senior Worker, you will also work closely with the Team Leader to provide effective leadership, supervision and mentoring support to staff within the team.

View the full position description here

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification.

You will also have:

• Demonstrated experience facilitating group work with children within the community services sector, preferably in a family violence context
• Well-developed understanding of family violence and its impact on children and families
• A client focused approach, with the ability to prioritise the individual needs of each client
• Experience providing supervision and mentoring support to staff or students
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to form effective working relationships and foster a positive team culture

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (outlining your suitability according to the position description)
• Current resume

Get in touch

Ross Taylor – Family Violence Team Leader
T: 0435 515 354 (during business hours)

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Visit us: www.unitingvictas.org.au 

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.