This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Practitioner to join Relationships Australia Victoria in a key clinical supervision position

About us

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations. Our vision is for positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians. For more than 75 years, we have been delivering high quality family and relationship support services, and we now support more than 20,000 clients every year. We have over 400 dedicated employees working from 21 centres across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

About the role

Reporting to the Centre Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring high-quality service delivery by providing clinical supervision across RAV’s Family Violence programs. This involves providing debriefing, support and feedback to staff and responding to a diverse range of issues including trauma, violence, mental health difficulties, family law complexities, and blended families. You will deliver an integrative and coordinated practice response, working with individuals, including men who use violence, women, children and families. Guided by contemporary evidence-based theory and research, you will work systemically and select interventions that foster sustained positive change. 

This role is located at our Kew and Boronia Centres and is a permanent, part-time position with the expectation that one day per week will be an evening shift.  The base salary range is $117k-$120k per annum. 

About you

• Degree qualified in social work, psychology or a related social science discipline.
• Graduate diploma or graduate certificate qualification in men’s family violence.
• Experience in facilitating men’s behaviour change (MBC) groups.
• Experience in the provision of high-quality assessment of individuals and families, where family violence is an identified risk.
• Full driver’s licence.

We provide

• Competitive salary packaging as RAV is a public benevolent institution.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Generous leave entitlements, and gratis days over the Christmas/New Year period.
• Professional development and training.
• Best practice clinical supervision.
• Career progression opportunities.

Candidates can view the position description at www.rav.org.au/careers, contact Tracy Hansen-Eales, Centre Manager by phoning 0400 889 790 for specific queries. Candidates will be required to provide evidence of two COVID-19 vaccinations.  Applications close Tuesday 28 January, 2025. 

All candidates must complete the Minimum Qualifications Self-Assessment form and attach this with their application. 

RAV is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from under-represented culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual (LGBTIQA+) communities, and people living with disability. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. 

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