Adults Using Family Violence Team Leader

Meli; Geelong; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900 p.a.

Flexible ways of working

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Learning & Development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Meli is seeking an experienced Team Leader, Adults Using Family Violence, to guide an integrated team delivering safe and accountable responses. You will strengthen risk assessment, support complex decision‑making and promote culturally safe practice across adults, women, children and families.

The role centers on leadership, supervision and collaboration with partner agencies to continuously improve service quality.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Human Services or equivalent.
• 3–5 years' experience in specialist family violence field with intake/assessment exposure.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervision in a complex service setting.
• Strong understanding of family violence, gendered dynamics and relevant laws.
• Ability to build cross‑organisational relationships and networks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated team to deliver safe, accountable and high‑quality family violence responses.
• Strengthen risk assessment and management using established frameworks.
• Guide practitioners to challenge collusion and minimisation while focusing on risk.
• Build team capability through supervision, leadership and partner collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Risk assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Education

Social Work

Psychology

Human Services

Job description

Adults Using Family Violence Team Leader

Safer communitiesdepend on skilled leaders who can strengthen practice, challenge the use offamily violence and support teams to make sound decisions when risk is complex.As Team Leader, Adults Using Family Violence, you’ll help shape an integratedresponse that keeps safety, accountability and meaningful change at its centre.

Based within TheOrange Door Barwon, this leadership role brings together specialist familyviolence and child and family practice to support safe, coordinated responsesfor adults using family violence, women, children and families. You’ll guidepractitioners through complex risk assessment and decision‑making, strengthenconsistent and culturally safe practice, and help ensure services respondwithout collusion or minimisation of family violence. Working alongsidepractice leaders, partner agencies and management, you’ll build team capabilityand contribute to an integrated service system where risk is identified early,accountability is strengthened and people receive the right response when theyneed it.

As a Team Leader,Adults Using Family Violence, you will:

• Lead anintegrated team to deliver safe, accountable and high‑quality family violenceresponses grounded in strong practice and sound judgement.
• Strengthenrisk assessment and management using frameworks including MARAM and the BestInterests Case Practice Model to support safer outcomes for children, familiesand adults.
• Guide practitionersworking with adults using family violence, strengthening responses thatchallenge collusion and minimisation while maintaining a clear focus on riskand accountability.
• Build teamcapability through professional supervision, practice leadership andcollaboration with partner agencies to continually improve service quality andoutcomes.
• Fulltime, fixed term until 07 January 2028
• 1FTE working 76 hours per fortnight
• $125,022 p/a + Super + Salary Packaging

Safer communitiesdepend on skilled leaders who can strengthen practice, challenge the use offamily violence and support teams to make sound decisions when risk is complex.As Team Leader, Adults Using Family Violence, you’ll help shape an integratedresponse that keeps safety, accountability and meaningful change at its centre.

Based within TheOrange Door Barwon, this leadership role brings together specialist familyviolence and child and family practice to support safe, coordinated responsesfor adults using family violence, women, children and families. You’ll guidepractitioners through complex risk assessment and decision‑making, strengthenconsistent and culturally safe practice, and help ensure services respondwithout collusion or minimisation of family violence. Working alongsidepractice leaders, partner agencies and management, you’ll build team capabilityand contribute to an integrated service system where risk is identified early,accountability is strengthened and people receive the right response when theyneed it.

As a Team Leader,Adults Using Family Violence, you will:

• Lead anintegrated team to deliver safe, accountable and high‑quality family violenceresponses grounded in strong practice and sound judgement.
• Strengthenrisk assessment and management using frameworks including MARAM and the BestInterests Case Practice Model to support safer outcomes for children, familiesand adults.
• Guide practitionersworking with adults using family violence, strengthening responses thatchallenge collusion and minimisation while maintaining a clear focus on riskand accountability.
• Build teamcapability through professional supervision, practice leadership andcollaboration with partner agencies to continually improve service quality andoutcomes.

Position Details

• Fulltime, fixed term until 07 January 2028
• 1FTE working 76 hours per fortnight
• $125,022 p/a + Super + Salary Packaging

What We’re Looking For

Wevalue individuals who bring dedication, empathy, and expertise to their roles.To succeed in this position, you will have:

• A tertiaryqualification in Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, or equivalent, or beworking towards this in line with recommendation 209 of the Royal Commissioninto Family Violence. Click here for more information: https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners
• Minimum 3-5 years’experience in the specialist family violence field, particularly in theprovision of providing intake and assessment services.
• Demonstratedexperience providing positive leadership and supervision with a focus onsupport and accountability of a team within a complex service deliveryenvironment.
• A comprehensiveunderstanding of family violence, sector reforms, relevant legislation with ademonstrated compliance in work practices.
• A comprehensiveunderstanding of the gendered nature of family violence, experience workingwith adults using family violence and advanced risk assessment and managementskills.
• Highly developedinterpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships acrossthe organisation and externally.
• Highly developedcommunication skills with an ability to convey ideas clearly and effectively inboth written documents and verbal interactions.
• Demonstrated abilityto develop processes and systems to improve the quality of service ensuringsustainability of service activity.

Why Work with Us?

At Meli, we offer more than just a job—we provide a platformto thrive, grow, and make an impact. Our Employee Value Proposition (EVP)includes:

• Supportive Culture:Joina values-driven organization that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Career Growth:Accessongoing Learning & Development opportunities and clear pathways forprogression.
• Financial Benefits:Enjoysalary packaging up to $15,900 per year, enhancing your financial well-being.
• Work-Life Balance:Benefitfrom flexible ways of working.
• Employee Wellbeing:Participatein employee‑led Inclusion Working Groups, access confidential counselling viaour Employee Assistance Program, and enjoy paid parental leave above thegovernment scheme.
• Diversity and Inclusion:Bepart of a team that celebrates diversity and actively supports individuals fromall walks of life.

Join Our Commitment

Meli is committed to providing a child‑safe environment. Wehave zero tolerance of any abuse or harm of children. Our recruitment practicesreflect our commitment to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children andyoung people in our care. All employment with Meli is subject to referencechecks, a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) policecheck, VIT Check (where applicable) and a current Working with Children Checkprior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in anyservice or undertaking.

Meli is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. Weactively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeople, individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ communitymembers, people living with disabilities, and those looking to return to theworkforce.

Our usual process includes a written application, a phonecall and a panel interview. If you require adjustments to the recruitmentprocess, please email us at***********@meli.org.auto discusshow we can best support you.