Organisation : First Step Legal
Location : Melbourne (St Kilda)
Work type : Full-time, Part-time
Profession : Legal
Sector : Law, Justice & Human Rights
Salary type : Annual Package
Salary : Salary Negotiable, subject to skills and experience. SCHADS award.
Application closing date : 28 Apr, 2025
About the organisation
First Step Legal (FSL) was established in 2008 as a Health Justice Partnership (HJP) within First Step, a not-for-profit mental health and addiction clinic in St Kilda. It is a specialist community legal centre providing pro bono legal advice, casework, and representation to among the most marginalised in the community.
FSL is NAS-accredited and a member of the Federation of Community Legal Centres. In recent years FSL’s services have expanded significantly to incorporate heath, housing and community service partners with six organisations: the First Step Program, Windana Residential Rehabilitation, Alfred Health (St Kilda Road Outpatient Clinic), Better Health Network, Launch Housing, and Bridge It.
FSL only receives referrals from our health, housing and community service partners. FSL prioritises its casework focus on clients who are genuinely engaged or wanting to be engaged in treatment, recovery and therapeutic interventions that will support their ongoing wellbeing.
About the role
Do you want to help develop insight and accountability for men who use family violence? Do you want to apply your criminal and civil law expertise to represent respondents in family violence intervention orders and accused in criminal charges? We have a compelling full time or part time opportunity for you to make a difference from within a specialist legal program for men who use family violence.
FSL has received funding under the National Partnership in Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Response to design and deliver a specialist legal program addressing male family violence.
Centred around our core objectives of safety, wellbeing and accountability, this program is known as SWAP. You will deploy your excellent criminal law legal skills, alongside FSL’s partner organisations, to deliver a specialist legal program. You will collaborate with FSL’s family law team, social worker, as well as our partner professionals to strengthen the web of accountability for men who use violence.
Please see the attached position description. FSL is open to candidates seeking full-time or part-time employment in this role. For further information please contact our Principal Lawyer Morgan Adams, on (03) 7036 9120 or via. email at Morgan.Adams@firststep.org.au
Salary and Conditions
This is a full-time position (or Part-time as part of a job share arrangement), for a fixed term of two years. The continuation of this role is contingent on securing ongoing funding and is subject to a 6-month probationary period. Conditions are set out under the SCHADS Award. Salary is negotiable, subject to skills and experience.
How to apply
Applications can be made by apply by forwarding a cover letter, CV and responses to the key selection criteria contained in the position description to Kiran Sandhu, Administrative Legal Services Manager by email: kiran.sandhu@firststep.org.au
Applications close at midnight on 28 April 2025
Please quote in application: Family Violence Lawyer (responding to men who use violence) via Pro Bono Australia.
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