Senior Practitioner - DFV Specialist
Core
Senior practitioner providing specialist case support, mentoring, and community partnership to strengthen safety and resilience for women, children, and families impacted by domestic and family violence.
Role type
Senior IC domestic and family violence specialist (early childhood focus)
Builds
Safety plans, referral pathways, and community capacity for vulnerable families
Domain
Social services / Domestic and family violence / Early childhood development
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Domestic and family violence expertise, early childhood development knowledge, coaching and mentoring, culturally respectful practice, MARAM training, case management, data collection for reporting
Preferred skills
Experience with women and children under 5, knowledge of best practice standards, community network development
Technologies
MARAM framework
Responsibilities
Provide support to women and children experiencing or at risk of domestic and family violence; Provide mentoring/coaching assistance to the team; Identify and facilitate referrals to external services; Promote positive and culturally respectful approaches to parenting and wellbeing; Develop strong networks and referral pathways; Collect and record information for accountability and reporting
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship duties