Senior Recovery & Housing Practitioner — Practice Leader

Refuge Victoria Inc.; Melbourne; Sur place; AUD 90 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary Packaging

Superannuation

Accrued Day Off

Résumé du poste

Refuge Victoria invites applications for a Senior Recovery and Housing Practitioner to lead complex family violence cases and provide senior practice guidance within the Looking Ahead program in Melbourne. You will balance direct client work with mentoring, case reviews and interagency collaboration to support housing stability and recovery.

The role focuses on complex risk, safety planning and coordinated responses across housing, tenancy and recovery pathways, with 18–24 month client journeys

Qualifications

• Extensive family violence risk assessment and safety planning experience.
• Experience providing secondary consultation, mentoring or coaching to other practitioners.
• Ability to manage complex, high-risk or multi-system cases while maintaining client voice.
• Strong professional judgement in complex situations and escalation of risk when needed.
• Understanding of housing and homelessness systems and tenancy pathways.
• Commitment to culturally safe and accessible practice for diverse communities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with partners and clients.
• Ability to translate client feedback into service improvement.

Responsabilités

• Hold a complex caseload with coordination across in-reach and outreach.
• Provide secondary consultation and practice guidance on risk, safety planning and housing transitions.
• Undertake MARAM assessments and safety planning as required.
• Co-design and review client-led Action Plans using Empowerment Star.
• Support cross-system coordination and referrals across agencies.
• Mentor and coach practitioners to strengthen assessment, analysis and documentation.
• Collaborate with Housing and Tenancy Workers to align housing access with safety goals.
• Contribute to program procedures, outcomes reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Build partnerships with crisis services, housing providers and diverse community partners.

Connaissances

Advanced FV practice

Senior practice leadership

Complex case management

Professional judgement

Housing & recovery knowledge

Culturally safe practice

Communication skills

Documentation & reporting

Formation

Social Work degree

Bachelor SW

Description du poste

Refuge Victoria invites applications for a Senior Recovery and Housing Practitioner to lead complex family violence cases and provide senior practice guidance within the Looking Ahead program in Melbourne. You will balance direct client work with mentoring, case reviews and interagency collaboration to support housing stability and recovery.

The role focuses on complex risk, safety planning and coordinated responses across housing, tenancy and recovery pathways, with 18–24 month client journeys