Community Engagement & Early Intervention Groups Facilitator

WRISC Family Violence Support; Ballarat; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Personal leave

Job summary

WRISC Family Violence Support – Ballarat VIC is seeking a part-time Community Engagement & Early Intervention Groups Facilitator to co-design and deliver workshops under the Feeling Visible program. The role focuses on developing inclusive materials, facilitating sessions, and promoting the programs across the central highlands schools region.

Ideally you have experience designing and delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people, with knowledge of family violence prevention

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Design individual workshops and group offerings aligned to the program framework.
• Facilitate a range of workshops and group sessions that are trauma-informed and client-centered.
• Build and maintain relationships with school leaders, wellbeing teams and educators to expand the program across the region.
• Collaborate with schools to co-facilitate and integrate therapeutic practices.

Skills

Therapeutic interventions

Family violence knowledge

Job description

Community Engagement & Early Intervention Groups Facilitator

WRISC Family Violence Support – Ballarat VIC

WRISC has been funded by a philanthropic foundation, to design, develop and embed a financially sustainable, education-based program, specifically for children and adolescents experiencing family violence. This education-based program supports early intervention, healing and recovery of children and young people that have experienced family violence and will contribute to breaking the cycle of inter-generational violence and trauma. We are in year 2 of a 3-year funding cycle provided to scale up the original pilot program ‘Feeling Visible’.

This is part-time 0.6 FTE position focused on the design and facilitation of individual workshops and groups programs, and the community engagement to promote and expand the programs into schools across the central highlands region. The initial contract for this position will run until June 2028.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of individual workshops and groups, including the development of inclusive materials and resources, aligned to the program framework.
• Facilitate a range of individual workshops and group offerings within the Feeling Visible program and deliver therapeutically sound, trauma-informed, client centered, Family-Violence informed programs that use evidence-based practices
• Actively build and maintain professional relationships with school leaders, wellbeing teams and educators, to support the expansion of Feeling Visible across the Region.
• Work alongside the school systems to support collaboration of therapeutic practices and co-facilitation

About you

Ideally you will have both demonstrated experience designing and delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people, and family violence prevention/early intervention knowledge and skills.

Why work for us

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and committed team, working from a feminist perspective, with women and their children who have or are experiencing family violence.

WRISC is strongly committed to the wellbeing of itsemployees,and we strive to continuously improve our employee experiences at work. We provide work life balance for staff, including flexible hours and 5additionalpersonal leave days per year.

Weare passionate aboutprovidinga barrier-free recruitment process, if you require modificationsduringthe application process to meet your accessneeds,please contact us via ************@wrisc.org.au. For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Rachel on 5333 3666. Applicationsclose9am Monday November 9th.

WRISC employs women only, as permitted under S.28 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010