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Family Violence Case Manager - After-Hours

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ABOUT WOMEN’S HEALTH WEST

Women’s Health West (WHW) is the gender equity agency for the western metropolitan region of Melbourne. Our programs and services are for designed to redress gender inequity and benefit victim-survivors of family violence in Melbourne’s west. Our efforts are ultimately about supporting our communities to lead safe and healthy lives, and on changing the conditions that cause and maintain gender inequity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are currently recruiting for a Family Violence Case Manager (After-Hours) to join our after-hours team.

The Afterhours Family Violence Program offers a specialist face-to-face response to victim survivors and their children who have recently experienced family violence and are being accommodated in the Western Metropolitan or Brimbank Melton regions. The service is accessible 7 days per week from 5pm and 24-hours per day on weekends and public holidays.

The Afterhours Case Manager provides vital face to face responses and phone support for women and families who are leaving or have recently left their home due to family violence. The daily responsibilities of an after-hours case manager include, but are not limited to:

  • Participating in the effective delivery of WHW Afterhours Family Violence Program by providing high quality, client-focused and trauma-informed crisis intervention and support to victim survivors of family violence.
  • Providing short term interventions that often include family violence education, conducting needs assessment, safety planning and risk assessments, completing referrals to internal/external services and various other trauma informed supports that may be required to address the immediate needs during a crisis.
  • Providing support and secondary consultation to external service providers to ensure maximum collaboration and enhanced referral pathways.
  • Work collaboratively with Victoria Police, Child Protection, Child First, Safe Steps and other community agencies to ensure effective referral responses for women and their accompanying children.

The position is available on a casual basis for a period of 8 months, with regular shifts available and the potential for career development opportunities. It is paid at WHW EA Level 4 - 5 (between $46 and $56 casual hourly rate) depending on experience + 10% superannuation. Working hours are between 4.30pm and 9.30pm, with on-call duties required for some shifts thereafter.

WHY JOIN WOMEN’S HEALTH WEST?

Women’s Health West is a feminist organisation and culturally aligns to feminist values and practices.

We are guided by our values: Freedom, Connection, Resistance, Love and Creativity. These values are the foundation of how we conduct ourselves and interact with each other, our clients, members, community, suppliers, board, and other stakeholders.

Women’s Health West’s staff enjoy numerous benefits, including working with a professional and dedicated team of women, ongoing professional development and training, flexible working conditions, and access to an Employee Assistance Program.

Women’s Health West has a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we work with. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. Women’s Health West has a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTI.

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by the Victoria Police and a working with children check. You also need to provide international police check if you have worked overseas within the last ten years for a minimum of twelve months.

In accordance with government requirements, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate evidence of an approved COVID-19 vaccination or authorised medical exemption.

Women’s Health West is an equal opportunity employer with VCAT Exemption No. H119-2017 to employ only people that identify as women, and to employ women from specified culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

For further details, please contact Jessica (Manager – Family Violence After-Hours) at [email protected] or Loni Wilson (Advisor – People and Culture) at [email protected], using the subject line: Family Violence Case Manager - After-Hours enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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