Women’s Safety Services SA (WSSSA) is a leading provider of support services for women and children experiencing domestic & family violence. Our organisation shares a vision for a society where women and their children live safely and thrive in communities free from all forms of violence. Our staff have passion, courage, and resilience that nurture and support life-changing outcomes for clients.

THE ROLE

WSSSA is committed to providing specialist support services for women of diverse cultural and linguistic (CALD) backgrounds who are in unsafe relationships.

Our Specialist CALD Domestic & Family Violence Case Managers work with CALD women and their children who are at risk of or experiencing domestic and family violence.

This role is a full time, initially offered on fixed term contract until June 2024 with onward extension subject to funding.

In this role you will use your experience of working with CALD communities, and your knowledge of Domestic & Family Violence undertake risk assessments, specialised case management and safety planning to promote quality service responses to our clients.

ABOUT YOU

To succeed in this exciting position you will have experience in the provision of crisis intervention and case management to CALD communities in a domestic violence or related setting. Other key requirement include:

• Understanding of risk assessments and safety management strategies;
• Strong interpersonal skills, & initiative to problem solve and initiate planned responses;
• A capacity to work under pressure, and at times autonomously
• Qualifications in Social Work, Community Services, and/or commensurate experience with the position
• A current drivers licence, and be eligible for, or hold a DHS Working with Children Check and National Police Clearance
• It is advantageous for the incumbent to be bi/multi-lingual from a CALD background, working with Indian/Nepali communities

WHY CHOOSE WOMEN’S SAFETY SERVICES SA?

We are proud to offer the following benefits to our valued staff:

• Level 5 SCHADS Award: Annual salary of $93,859 FTE
• Generous above award Enterprise Agreement entitlements: Including • 5 Wellbeing days • On-Call leave • 6 weeks paid parental leave • Paid Domestic & Family Violence Leave • First Nations Ceremonial, and Cultural leave
• Salary Packaging Options: up to $15,900 tax free and other incentives available
• Commitment to work life balance: flexible hours/ ways of working
• Career Development Opportunities: promotion opportunities, on the job and in-house training.
• Women’s led organisation: client-centred, strengths based, diverse, trauma-informed, supportive and responsive
• Specialist Trauma-informed Employee Assistance Program

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