Specialist Family Violence Practitioner

• Work at the Orange Door, Shepparton
• Permanent|part time 4 days per week
• Develop your skills in analysis, assessment and referral

Make your mark:

Prioritise the safety of victim survivors and children using a gendered understanding of family violence and an understanding of child and family vulnerability. 

As a Practitioner you will support people with advice with a focus on risk assessment, engagement, and provision of an initial response and as a source of information to people referred to the Hub. You will work collaboratively as part of an integrated practice approach to respond to family violence and children and family vulnerability concerns through the provision of:

• Screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions;
• Allocation services and coordination of referrals;
• Collaborative working with the Hub team to support integrated risk assessment and planning, including participating in case conferences, meetings and the resolution of stakeholder issues.

The skills you will use day to day:

• Experience working with victim survivors of domestic violence.
• Use of MARAM. MARAM is a comprehensive framework designed to assist professionals assessing and managing family violence risks.
• Use of the Best Interests Case Practice Model- BICPM.
• Direct assessments, conversational assessments.
• Identify risks and concerns, strengths and protective factors, intersectionality and vulnerability factors.
• Resilience to work with and support clients who have been exposed to trauma.
• The ability to identify, assess and prioritise risks and needs of clients in a whole of family approach.
• The ability to recognise and identify limits of own expertise and to seek advice or refer clients to other specialists.