• Full Time, Ongoing
• Ballarat Location
• Salary Range: $100,941.59-$105,504.27 plus 12% superannuation + salary packaging
• Award-winning inclusive employer

Our opportunity

Are you passionate about promoting Family Safety? Join Cafs, a values-driven organisation, as our Men?s Family Violence Practitioner. This important role is part of our Family Safety and Child Wellbeing Team at The Orange Door.

As a Men?s Family Violence Practitioner, you will deliver timely and responsive intake, assessment, and casework support to men who use violence against women and children. You will play a vital role in supporting the safety of women and children by providing comprehensive risk assessments, risk management strategies, safety planning, and case management. This includes facilitating access to alternative accommodation options for men when needed. In addition to direct client work, you will mentor level 4 Case Managers, offering day-to-day practice guidance and responding to service delivery queries. You?ll manage a higher complexity caseload and operate with significant autonomy, contributing your expertise to support impactful and informed practice.

About you

We are looking for a motivated, values-driven individual with case management in the community services sector. The ideal candidate will thrive when working autonomously and collaboratively within a dynamic team.

Skills & Attributes

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work or related discipline (Mandatory).
• Significant experience in conducting risk assessments, risk management and safety planning.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Objectively analyse and evaluate available data, points of view, needs of stakeholders and potential solutions before recommending relevant actions or decisions.
• Decisiveness: Makes rational and sound decisions based on a consideration of the facts and alternatives. Can make quick decisions when required and commits to a course of action. Can also make tough decisions, sometimes with incomplete information and evaluates rational and emotional elements of situations.

Our Organisation

Cafs (Child and Family Services Ballarat) is an independent community service organisation based in Ballarat for over 160 years. We provide over 50 programs across a range of service areas providing care for clients within communities across the central highland region. Our practice is underpinned by our preferred model of care Trust Based Relationship Intervention (TBRI) with our organisational values of Respect, Innovation, Collaboration, Kindness and Integrity at the forefront of everything we do.

What We Offer

• Inclusive, supportive, and innovative teams
• Above award entitlements, including 3 days paid Christmas leave
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Salary packaging options up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment

Interested?

We would love to hear from you, to find out more about this opportunity contact Ellie Lawson Team Leader The Orange Door or Melissa Forbes People and Engagement Business Partner on 03 5337 3333. To find out more please find the position description on our website: https://cafs.org.au/child-and-family-services-ballarat-careers/

Want to apply?

To apply for this role please go to our careers webpage: https://cafs.org.au/positions-available/ and select ?apply now? Applications will be received until Tuesday the 16th of September 2025 at 5pm. Please note that applications may be reviewed as they are received, and applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date. All applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and employment will be subject to satisfactory Police and Working With Children Checks.

Our commitment

Inclusion and diversity are at the heart of everything we do at Cafs. We welcome applications from all people, especially Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, the LGBTIQA+ community, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Supporting your application:

Our recruitment process includes 1-2 panel discussions. Some questions may be provided in advance. For adjustments or support, contact [email protected].