Senior Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (Person Using Violence)
Core
Provide intensive, short-term interventions to men who use violence, focusing on risk assessment, accountability, and behaviour change within an integrated response with Victoria Police.
Role type
Specialist Family Violence Practitioner (Person Using Violence)
Builds
Coordinated, real-time interventions for women, children, and families impacted by family violence
Domain
Social work / Family violence intervention
Required skills
Risk assessment, case management, multi-agency collaboration, trauma-informed practice, stakeholder engagement
Preferred skills
Understanding of gendered drivers of family violence, feminist/intersectional frameworks, child trauma, mental health, AOD, housing insecurity
Technologies
MARAM Framework, A-FVRM
Responsibilities
Conduct intake, triage and comprehensive family violence risk assessments; Co-review and co-triage family violence incidents alongside Victoria Police; Deliver short-term case management and safety-focused interventions; Coordinate referrals and service responses to address complex needs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC