Therapeutic Key Worker – Family Violence Team

The Inner East TRAK Forward partnership combines the skills, expertise and diverse knowledge across the different services as part of an integrated support service that includes:

• Team of key therapeutic recovery practitioners
• Therapeutic and safety focused recovery plans
• Evidence based individual, Family and group therapy
• 1:1 coaching (in home or in community settings)
• Ongoing peer support.
• Focus on supporting women and children to build recovery and resilience
• Situated within a broad range of generalist and specialist family support programs which work alongside the TRAK Forward program

The Therapeutic Key Worker position will: 

• Provide ongoing individual and family risk and safety assessments, therapeutic case planning, management and review, warm referrals to appropriate local services and relevant interventions for women and children.
• Provide specialist therapeutic interventions using trauma informed counselling in one or more of the following support areas:
• Family Therapy, Play Therapy and/or Child-Parent Therapy
• In home (or outreached) support coaching
• Group Facilitation
• Ongoing Peer Support group facilitation
• Assess risk particularly in relation to systemic abuse and family violence and assist parents/ carers and children to develop safety plans
• Participate in intake and duty roster systems, ensuring families and service providers receive a professional, timely and supportive response to service entry

About you

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Family Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Counselling or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in the provision of a range of trauma informed approaches including the ability to work flexibly to meet the family’s needs and work on an outreach basis.
• Clear understanding of the feminist framework and how male privilege impacts on our current social structures
• Demonstrated experience in working in a strengths based framework that empowers families, maximises their choices and recognises their contributions and expertise.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working within the family violence, the Child Protection system and/or the child, youth and family welfare system, including effective risk assessment and safety planning.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively with a broad range of families, including but not limited to Aboriginal families, families from various culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, families living with a disability, kinship carers and grandparents, and LGBTI families
• Demonstrated experience of working with individuals and families with complex needs such as family violence, drug and alcohol and mental health issues
• exceptional level of ethical standards and well-developed interpersonal communication skills
• Previous experience working in a family violence services system would be highly regarded.