Specialist Family Violence Practitioner - Community Hub

St Vincent De Paul; Seymour; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Career development

Employee assistance program

Flexible working

Job summary

St Vincent De Paul in Seymour, VIC, is seeking a Specialist Family Violence Practitioner to provide interventions, crisis support and short-term case management to victim survivors, including children. The role requires applying trauma-informed care, working within major family violence frameworks and advocating for clients.

You will contribute to an integrated service network, participate in after-hours crisis response and support clients in refuge and emergency accommodation, within a

Qualifications

• Experience in family violence crisis intervention and case management.
• Ability to apply theory to practice when responding to victim survivors and children.
• Knowledge of risk assessment, trauma-informed care and family violence frameworks.
• Ability to work in crisis-driven environments while managing a complex caseload.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions and short-term case management to victim survivors, including children.
• Promote person-centred, strengths-based approaches that respect diversity.
• Work within MARAM, FVISS and CISS to manage risk and hold perpetrators accountable.
• Advocate for victim survivors and collaborate with local, regional and statewide services.
• Participate in an after-hours on-call roster for crisis response.
• Support clients in refuge and emergency accommodation.

Skills

Family violence crisis intervention

Case management

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Risk assessment

Trauma-informed care

Crisis management

Education

Degree in social work or related field

Job description

Job description

Posted Sunday 25 October 2026 at 1:00 pm | Expires Monday 23 November 2026 at 12:59 pm

Make a real difference

Be part of one of Victoria’s leading not-for-profits and help create meaningful change in the community every day.

Location

Hume Community Hub

Work type

Full Time - Ongoing

Working model

On Site

About the role

As a committed and dedicated Specialist Family Violence Practitioner, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing interventions and short-term case management to victim survivors, including children, experiencing and/or escaping family violence.
• Promoting and delivering person-centred, strengths-based approaches that preserve and respect diversity, equality, choice and client participation.
• Possessing an in-depth understanding of the gendered nature of family violence, intersectionality in family violence, and the nature, dynamics and impact of family violence across a broad range of familial relationships.
• Working within the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM), the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS) and the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and all other relevant frameworks and guidelines to manage risk and hold persons using violence accountable.
• Advocating for victim survivors and collaborating with local, regional, and statewide services.
• Participating in an after-hours on-call roster for crisis response.
• Supporting clients in refuge and emergency accommodation.

Qualification

• A degree level qualification in the field of social work, family violence or community services sector aligned to the Mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist family violence response roles | vic.gov.au (effective 31 March 2026).
• Valid Victorian Driver Licence.

About You

Your skills and capabilities will include:

• Experience in family violence crisis intervention and case management.
• Ability to apply theory to practice when responding to the needs affecting victim survivors experiencing family violence including children.
• A strong knowledge of risk assessment, trauma-informed care, and family violence frameworks.
• Ability to work in crisis driven environments while managing a complex caseload.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to participate in the enhanced after-hours crisis response on-call roster.

Why join Vincentcare?

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• Career Development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.

About Vincentcare Victoria

VincentCare Victoria is an award-winning organisation established to provide a range of accommodation and support services to people that are facing disadvantage throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

We are a leading community-focused organisation dedicated to supporting people experiencing disadvantage, including homelessness and those impacted by family violence. We are committed to the principles of social justice and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.

VincentCare has over three hundred dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff working across a range of programs and services and offers a number of benefits including career development opportunities; salary packaging; study leave; family friendly, flexible working environment.

VincentCare is committed to demonstrating the principles of self-determination, reconciliation, intersectional inclusion, equity, and social justice. This means that we will resolutely:

• Take specific steps to ensure that all staff, volunteers and clients feel valued and are treated with dignity and respect.
• Celebrate people’s diverse physical and cognitive abilities, mental or cognitive health status, cultural background and ethnicity, gender identity, sex characteristic, sexual orientation, age, faith or non-faith.
• Critically review our work to identify disadvantages and we actively seek to place the voices and expertise of marginalised people at the centre of our actions when improving our inclusion strategies.
• Lead by example in how we challenge disadvantage and contribute to a more equitable world which is free from discrimination and marginalisation.

Want to know more?

Homelessness & Housing Services | VincentCare

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@VincentCareVictoria

Important information

• Pre-employment checks are required (including National Police Check, Working With Children Check and right to work)
• We are committed to child safety
• We value diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all backgrounds

Applications close: 23rd November 2026

Job details

Pay typeHourly

Seymour VIC 3660, Australia