We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon, West Melbourne and Wimmera Regions. Providing specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.

About The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre

We are a leading organisation offering a comprehensive suite of services to clients and the community across the Barwon and Wimmera Regions. We provide specialist sexual assault and family violence programs and services, including 24 hour crisis care support, case management, therapeutic counselling, early intervention and professional education and training, we continue to grow and develop our offerings.

About The Role

• Provision of an initial screening for all calls coming into The Orange Door Barwon including adults, children and young people who are experiencing family violence, people who use violence and families requiring support. This may include calls outside of your speciality stream.

• Receive and manage all family violence referrals for adults, children and young people to The Orange Door Access Point at Barwon, Bellarine and Colac, including the delivery of client screening, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordinated referrals consistent with The Orange Door Barwon operational and practice guidelines, relevant risk assessment tools and frameworks.
• Work collaboratively with The Orange Door Barwon team and deliver professional, multi-disciplinary and integrated family violence support service to adults, children and young people, including risk assessments, planning, brief intervention, and case conferences.
• Provide clients with timely, accurate and relevant information to ensure they are able to make informed choices.
• Provide advocacy and support to assist clients to effectively manage and navigate the broader service system.
• Play an active role in keeping perpetrators of family violence in view and hold them accountable through gathering and sharing information with key agencies.
• Adopt a trauma-informed approach to your work and support clients to make choices and decisions about their lives.
• Share multi-disciplinary service approaches and learnings with colleagues in Orange Door Access Point Colac, Bellarine Access Point Colac Area Health, The Orange Door Barwon, The SAFV Centre and the Barwon MDC.
• Contribute to the review, development and implementation of systems, policies and procedures to build and enhance The Orange Door Barwon service model.
• Participate in relevant supervision, training and other meetings as required by The Orange Door Barwon and The SAFV Centre.
• Take reasonable care for your own health and safety, and for that of others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements and occupational health and safety (OHS) policies and procedures.
• Adhere to relevant frameworks the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme, standards, policies and procedures of The Orange Door Barwon and The SAFV Centre.
• Apply for brokerage on behalf of clients in accordance with The Orange Door Barwon Brokerage Guidelines.
• Document accurate and complete records of your work activities in accordance with legislative requirements, departmental records, information security and privacy policies and requirements.

Position reports to Specialist Family Violence Team Leader.

Why work for The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre?

The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre takes pride in being an employer of choice; we are passionate about the wellbeing of our team members and we provide a number of complementary benefits to our staff, some of our benefits include:

• Generous above award Enterprise Agreement entitlements
• Flexible and part time working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• 10 weeks Paid parental leave
• Salary packaging
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives
• Flu vaccinations
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Social initiatives
• Positive workplace culture

About You

A relevant graduate or post graduate qualification in psychology, social work or other relevant discipline. A minimum two-year relevant experience. Minimum mandatory qualification requirements.

If you share our vision for a community free from family violence and sexual assault and are motivated to make a difference, we would like to hear from you.

We pride ourselves on being a great place to work. You care for our clients and we care for you, including by investing in your development and wellbeing. You will have access to leading specialists and training and development that supports you in your role and in your longer term career journey. We offer a variety of career pathway options, leading salary packaging benefits and flexible working arrangements that help you manage your work and your life.

The successful candidate will be required to maintain a current Working With Children’s check and National Police Check at their own expense.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• A comprehensive understanding of family violence including a theoretical framework that includes intersectional feminist and structural theory and locates individuals within their social and familial context.
• Sound knowledge of the effect and impact of family violence interpersonal trauma on adults, young people, children and non-offending family members.
• Demonstrated experience and capabilities working with adults, children and young people who have experienced family violence
• Demonstrated capacity to complete family violence risk assessments, develop safety plans, manage risk, deliver brief crisis intervention and case work.
• Ability to work within an integrated and multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to advocate, liaise and work collaboratively with colleagues from different disciplines and across complex systems.
• Demonstrated capacity to apply theoretical frameworks to practice.
• Ability to manage complex and demanding work.
• Ability to practice independently with a high degree of autonomy and to participate as a member of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate and confidential case notes.

Other

• Commitment to the vision, values and purposes of The SAFV Centre.
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement and cultural equity in service delivery.
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.

Referees

Applicants must provide the name and current contact details of 2-3 professional referees including the most recent or current supervisor.

Period of Appointment

Ongoing subject to funding.

Hours of work

• The position is Full-Time (1.0 FTE).
• Location of the position is at the Geelong office.
• Hours will usually be worked during business hours of 9.00am to 5.06 pm between Monday to Friday.
• The days are based on the needs of the service.
• Flexibility in working hours will be required from time to time as the need arises.

Salary and Conditions

Annual salary range is SCHADS Level 6 Pay Point 1-3 ($110,124.20 - $114,983.24) plus superannuation (pro rata for part time). Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills.

Industrial Instrument: The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre Enterprise Agreement 2023.

Salary Packaging: Provided via Maxxia. PBI status with other expenses available to package above this cap. The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre is a Public Benevolent Institution.

Superannuation: The employer will also make superannuation payments on your behalf in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.

Probationary Period – 6 months with a review conducted during this time.

How To Apply

All applications must address the key selection criteria outlined in the PD. For a confidential discussion, please contact our People and Culture team on 03 5222 4318.

We are currently accepting applications from direct applicants only, no recruitment agency applications accepted

To view the Position Description click here https://www.safvcentre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Specialist-Family-Violence-Practitioner-July-2025.pdf