Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services (Community Services & Development)
Salary Range: $97,535 to $101,942 base plus Superannuation plus generous salary packaging optionsOUR ORGANISATION AT CAFS, YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Cafs (Child and Family Services Ballarat) is a proudly independent community service organisation, with our head office located in the Ballarat Community. We celebrate diversity and strive to be inclusive in everything we do. For over 156 years, the heart of our service has been the wellbeing of children, young people and their families. Today, that commitment stands strong, and we extend our programs to include everyone who needs assistance across the Grampians and Central Highlands Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, people of all abilities, people of different race, ethnicity or cultural backgrounds and people of all religions.
Cafs have adopted TBRI as our preferred model of care and Cafs way of strengthening relationships with others. TBRI uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviours. Our services are aimed at providing early help and intervention, targeted support and ongoing assistance. Cafs is a value driven organisation, which means we use our values to hold ourselves to account in how we work together and how we serve our clients.
OUR OPPORTUNITY We have a rewarding opportunity for a Men's Family Violence Practitioner - The Orange Door to join our Family Violence and Child Wellbeing Team. If you are waiting to give back, be part of an engaged and energised workforce than this opportunity might be for you!
The Orange Door provides a safe and welcoming contact point to people, providing quick and simple access to the support and safety they need. The Orange Door will engage perpetrators and plan interventions to hold them accountable for their behaviour.
The Men's Family Violence Practitioner - The Orange Door works with perpetrators of family violence by providing an entry point for men who use/require family violence services as well as intake, assessment and casework. Whilst primarily working from The Orange Door location (in Ballarat), the position will remain connected and involved with the rest of Cafs programs and with Cafs as an organisation. The position will work alongside other roles at The Orange Door, focused on child wellbeing and family violence, and as part of the Program & Services team at Cafs.
ABOUT YOU The successful candidate will be kind, enthusiastic and a committed team member.
Key skills and attributes: You have a strong desire to deliver good outcomes for families in our communities.You have demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience in trauma-informed principles and approaches.You have demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience working within the Family Violence sector or relevant field.Your highly developed cultural awareness and sensitivity, partnered with excellent communication skills, will enable you to build strong relationships with our stakeholders.Alignment to Cafs values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Kindness & Innovation.MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS Tertiary qualifications (Diploma and above) in Social Work or related discipline.
What is on offer at Cafs? Above award entitlements, including 3 days paid Christmas Leave.Opportunity to purchase additional leave.Join an organisation that lives their values.Inclusive, supportive and innovative teams.Rewarding and meaningful careers with professional development and dedicated resources to support your growth.Salary Packaging options up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment.INTERESTED? We would love to hear from you. To find out more about this opportunity contact Pam Edwards, Team Leader Family Safety & Child Wellbeing or Alma Evans, Talent Acquisition Business Partner on 03 5337 3333.
WANT TO APPLY? To apply for this role please submit your application through the online portal by selecting the Apply button. Applications are now open and will close on Sunday the 8th of December 2024. Please note applications will be reviewed as they are received, and applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.
Please note all applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and will be subject to a satisfactory Police Check outcome and an employment Working with Children Check. Cafs strongly recommend all staff be fully vaccinated against covid-19.
At Cafs we welcome applications from all people and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, People with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply for our positions at Cafs.
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