ABOUT GENWEST

GenWest (formerly Women’s Health West) is a family violence support service. We deliver programs that support communities to lead safe and healthy lives. We support people based in Melbourne’s west.

We live our organisational values of:

• Freedom – We centre freedom from oppression, discrimination, and violence in all our work. We take responsibility for behaving and working in ways that promote freedom and we are accountable for the actions we take.
• Connection – We foreground connection to ourselves, each other, our clients, the community, the land, and the environment. We believe in the strength of belonging, of being inclusive, and in working together to achieve change.
• Resistance – We uphold human rights and in solidarity, work together to disrupt injustice and transform lives.
• Love – We treat each other with respect, kindness, and compassion, and are committed to creating an environment where all feels seen, heard, and valued.
• Creativity – We embrace and nurture creativity and curiosity. We reflect critically, ask questions, listen, and actively pursue learning.

GenWest is an equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our VCAT exemption, welcomes applications from anyone who identifies as a woman. (VCAT Exemption No. H119-2017.)

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Case Manager to join Risk Assessment and Management Panel Program (RAMP). The RAMP program is a Victorian state government initiative designed to improve collaborative responses and information sharing across key agencies in order to lessen or prevent serious and imminent threats to the life, health, safety or welfare of women and their children as a result of family violence.

The RAMP senior case manager at GenWest reports to the Team Leader RAMP/FSP and is responsible for providing short-term crisis case management to support women who have been referred to the RAMP program.

The daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide short-term crisis and case management support to women and their children who are at serious and imminent threat of family violence and have been referred to the RAMP program.
• Contribute to the effective management and delivery of the RAMP program including planning, implementation, monitoring and review of activities specified in the GenWest integrated family violence services plan.
• Provide support and secondary consultation to GenWest integrated family violence services staff and external service providers to ensure maximum collaboration and enhanced referral pathways.
• Contribute to the development and achievement of team and organisation goals through regular supervision and participation in professional development activities.
• Contribute to processes that ensure collaboration and integration across and between GenWest programs and services to achieve organisational goals and objectives.

This position is available as either full time or part time (0.8) and paid at GenWest EA Level, pay point negotiable dependent on experience (ranges from $84,849 – $88,702) pro rata EFT + 10% superannuation.

Please note: As per the Mandatory Minimum Qualifications for Specialist Family Violence Practitioners, to be eligible for this position you will hold a tertiary qualification in Social Work, or equivalent qualification. Applicants with a relevant qualification, or a minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience, or significant cultural knowledge will be required to work towards an equivalent qualification with specified timeframes.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners 

How to Apply

GenWest is an equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our VCAT exemption, welcomes applications from anyone who identifies as a woman. (VCAT Exemption No. H119-2017.)

Applications should include a resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria (located in the position description at: www.genwest.org.au/about-us/work-with-us/).

Applications that do not respond to the Key Selection Criteria will not be considered.

Please direct any queries to [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Case Manager - RAMP enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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 and provide a COVID-19 vaccination history or authorised medical exemption.