Men's Healing and Support Worker

Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service; Shire of Yarra Ranges; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) is seeking a dedicated Men’s Healing and Support Worker to provide culturally grounded support to Aboriginal men. The role focuses on addressing factors contributing to family violence while centering safety for women and children.

Responsibilities include risk assessment, safety planning and coordinated care within a cultural framework. The role emphasises strengths-based case management, outreach to engage men, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of interventions and approaches when working with people who use violence.
• Experience in family violence sector and knowledge of MARAM is desirable.
• Commitment to cultural safety and Aboriginal community-controlled frameworks.
• Ability to work within a team and collaborate with external agencies.
• Willingness to undertake training and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Culturally safe, strengths-based case management and case coordination to men using or affected by family violence.
• Use assertive outreach and relational engagement to support healing and accountability.
• Establish clear goals with clients to support stability, healing and non-violence.
• Conduct risk assessments and collaborate with other agencies for referrals and risk management.
• Support the facilitation of therapeutic and behaviour change groups.
• Ensure group work is safe, non-shaming, strengths-based and culturally appropriate.
• Keeping the safety of women and children paramount by applying an understanding of gender-based violence and risk assessment.
• Providing inclusive trauma-informed practice.
• Completing associated administrative and practice processes.
• Actively participating in training and supervision.

Skills

Culturally safe practice

Team collaboration

Education

Tertiary qualification or substantial relevant experience

Job description

Boorndawan Willam is a phrase from Wathaurong and Woiwurrung languages meaning "safe house," with Boorndawan meaning 'safe' and Willam meaning 'house'.

Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) is the lead Aboriginal-specific family violence service for the eastern metropolitan region of Melbourne. Established in 2006 and transitioning to an independent Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation in 2019, BWAHS delivers trauma-informed, culturally grounded responses to individuals, families and Community experiencing, or at risk of, family violence.

We provide a wide range of services to Community and our engagement and support for our communities’ healing journey are vital – wholly underpinned and guided by culture.

All employees must have:

Commitment to BWAHS Vision, Purpose, Values and Principles.

Capacity for self-assessment, reflection and emotional intelligence.

Ethical and culturally aware practice.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Accountability and adherence to professional standards.

Willingness to contribute to projects and tasks outside of core role to support the wider BWAHS team.

Compliance with Workplace Health & Safety and Privacy requirements.

About the role

The Men's Healing and Support Worker is a full time permanent role providing culturally grounded support to Aboriginal men to promote healing, accountability and non-violence. Working within a cultural framework, the role addresses the underlying factors contributing to a man's use of family violence while keeping the safety of women and children central to all practice. This includes undertaking risk assessment, safety planning, collaborative risk management and appropriate treatment interventions.

The role primarily provides case management to strengthen stability in men’s lives to support safer choices. The Men's Healing and Support Worker works collaboratively with external agencies and maintains strong networks across the family violence sector and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations.

Key responsibilities include:

Culturally safe, strengths-based case management and case coordination to men who are identified as using or being impacted by family violence

Using assertive outreach and relational engagement to support men’s healing, strengthen accountability and promote safer choices, while keeping the safety of women and children central

Establishing clear goals with clients to support stability, healing and non-violence, and review these goals regularly

Conducting comprehensive risk assessments and working collaboratively with other agencies to support referrals, case planning and risk management

Supporting the facilitation of therapeutic and behaviour change groups

Ensure group work and community interactions are safe, non-shaming, strengths-based and culturally appropriate

Keeping the safety of women and children paramount by applying an understanding of gender-based violence, non-collusive practice and intersectional risk assessment while maintaining a client-centred approach

Providing inclusive trauma-informed practice

Completing associated administrative and practice processes

Actively participating in training and supervision

About you

You want to be part of a team providing culturally safe services to Aboriginal men.

You are keenly aware of the gendered nature of violence against women and children and the intersectional risk factors of people using violence the impact of family violence on Aboriginal women, children, families and communities – and you are committed to being part of the solution.

As such, you have a thorough understanding of interventions, frameworks and approaches when working with people who use violence

You are engaging, practice self reflection, are professional, keep confidentiality and are well versed in MARAM as you are highly experienced working in the family violence sector.

You either have a tertiary qualification or have significant relevant work experience and would love to be supported to obtain the mandatory minimum qualification.

If you have experience in the not-for-profit sector, have worked in an ACCO or with Community, have knowledge of services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region, have cultural skills and techniques to share and/or have a post grad qualification … that would be deadly!

Please contact Bronwyn Williams, Manager - People, Workforce & Belonging, *********@bwahs.com.au for a copy of the position description.

To be considered for the position all applicants must include a resume and a cover letter addressing all the Key Selection Criteria in the position description. Previous applicants need not apply as we already have your information on file.

Every application will be read by a human not AI - so please give us a real sense of who you are, your suitability for the role and why you want to work with us.

Applicants will be shortlisted and interviews may occur with the position being withdrawn before the closing date of 8 November 2026. So if you're really passionate about the role don't delay!

In accordance with BWAHS workforce strategy, preference will be given to suitably qualified and experienced Aboriginal people.As BWAHS is a child safe organisation, prior to commencement the successful applicant will be required to:

Complete a National Police check

Provide a valid employment Working With Children Check and evidence they have nominated BWAHS as their employer

This role also requires a current drivers licence.