Crisis Family Violence Practitioner | On-Site Role

St Vincent De Paul; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 77,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Career Development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible working environment

Job summary

VincentCare Victoria is hiring a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner to provide crisis intervention and ongoing support for victim survivors, including children, within a community-based setting.

You will work on risk assessment and coordinated services across agencies, including after-hours on-call response and refuge support, contributing to safety and recovery outcomes for diverse families.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in social work, family violence, or community services aligned to minimum qualifications for specialist family violence roles.
• Valid Victorian Driver Licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis intervention, short-term case management and ongoing recovery-oriented support to victim survivors, including children, experiencing or escaping family violence.
• Build respectful, collaborative, person-centred relationships and deliver strengths-based support upholding rights, dignity and participation.
• Understand gendered nature of family violence and its intersection with inequality across diverse contexts.
• Work within MARAM, FVISS, CISS and other frameworks to assess risk, promote safety and accountability for perpetrators.
• Advocate with victim survivors and coordinate with local, regional and statewide services.
• Participate in after-hours on-call crisis response (phone-based).
• Support clients in refuge and emergency accommodation toward safety, stability and long-term recovery.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Case management

Risk assessment

Trauma-informed care

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

On-call readiness

Education

Degree in social work / family violence / community services

Job description

VincentCare Victoria is hiring a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner to provide crisis intervention and ongoing support for victim survivors, including children, within a community-based setting.

You will work on risk assessment and coordinated services across agencies, including after-hours on-call response and refuge support, contributing to safety and recovery outcomes for diverse families.