Specialist Family Violence Hub Practitioner

Job No: Berry3306
Location: Ballarat

  • Ballarat location
  • Full time or part time (0.6EFT minimum), permanent position
  • Salary package equivalent to $101,000pa (inclusive of super and salary packaging)

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2022: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

The Opportunity

The Western Family Violence Service is an entry point for Police Referrals covering the Central Highlands Region, which includes: Ararat, Ballarat, Golden Plains, Hepburn, Moorabool and Pyrenees. The service provides a range of support services to women and their children who have experienced Family Violence, including an After Hours Crisis service across the Western Region.

The Western Family Violence Service will provide a Specialist Family Violence team within The Orange Door (Central Highlands Region) as an initiative resulting per Recommendations 37 and 38 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence.

The fundamental function of The Orange Door (also known as the Support and Safety Hub) is to:

  • Be a more visible and accessible contact point for service users requiring specialist support.
  • Provide help for people to identify family violence and child wellbeing issues.
  • Support to access justice and legal support.
  • Offer advice based on contemporary risk assessment tools and guidance.
  • Provide specialist support and tailored advice for victims, families and children, and perpetrators.
  • Connection and coordination of access to support.
  • A system wide view of service capacity, client experience and outcomes.  

Key Responsibilities

The Hub Practitioner plays a critical role in family violence risk assessment, safety planning and engagement of women and children into any supports they need. The referrals are a combination of police referred, women calling our service directly, or referrals from other services.

The service can be provided by contacting women by phone, face to face at the Hub, or conducting outreach appointments.

To download the position description, please click here.

About You

You will have a tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or a related discipline and experience in working with women and children from diverse backgrounds who have experienced family violence. You will have a comprehensive understanding of the Integrated Family Violence Service System and a commitment to working collaboratively and holistically internally, with partners and stakeholders, and the community.

The Benefits 

  • Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
  • Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions.
  • Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

The Orange Door 

Berry Street is a partner agency within the new Central Highlands Orange Door. There are additional positions with our partner agencies currently advertised within the initial workforce intake along with the positions at Berry Street. The partner agencies are;

How to Apply

The Hub Practitioner recruitment process will be managed individually by each partner organisation and applications will not be shared across the network. To apply, please attach a resume and cover letter that includes the specific role you are applying for and a response to the 3 application questions listed below:

  1. Tell us your interest in this specific role and what you would bring to this role?
  2. How would you work collaboratively with the other partner agencies in this new setting?
  3. How your values align to the values of the relevant organisation?

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by midnight on Sunday, 03 November 2019. Queries to the Berry Street Talent Acquisition Team on 03 9429 9266.

Please Note; the successful applicant must hold or be able to obtain a valid employee WWCC and undergo a National Police Check prior to employment.

 

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify with a sexual and or gender minority identity. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

 Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

 

  

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