Supporting young people from multicultural backgrounds who enact harm in a family setting and to provide a whole-of-family response
- DURATION: Part time (0.8 FTE), fixed term
- First Nations People, LGBTIQA+ people, people with
disability, people of colour, public housing residents or people with a lived
experience are encouraged to apply
- DS is committed to child safety and strictly adheres to the
Reportable Conduct Scheme for organisations. The safeguarding and wellbeing of
our clients is our core focus. All staff must undergo thorough recruitment
process including screening and providing evidence of current Working With
Children Check and National Police Check.
About the Role
Drummond Street Services (DS) is a not-for-profit
organisation that delivers responsive, intentional and evidence-based
prevention, early intervention and treatment programs within a public health
framework for a range of communities. Our focus is on a whole-of-family and
intersectional lens, incorporating a trauma informed and strengths-based
approach.
Led by DS, in partnership with CMY, the project will support
young people from multicultural backgrounds who enact harm in a family setting,
acknowledging that many of these young people are also victim survivors of
family violence.
The program is being delivered across the north focussing on
Inner city public housing and west growth corridors of Melbourne, based in
Carlton and Wyndham. Our service will be intentionally positioned in each
region to prioritise support to many of the multicultural/ multifaith young
people and families that have knowledge of, and/or existing connections to our
respective services but who frequently remain disconnected to support once the
young person enacts harm or violence. This project will allow the work to be
implemented through a place-based approach with a range of
multifaith/multicultural communities and will require outreach services to
communities.
The DS Multicultural Adolescent Family Violence In The Home
(AVITH) Family Practitioner will provide a whole-of-family response when young
people are causing harm or using violence in the home, recognising that many of
these young people are also victims of family violence (FV). CMY AVITH
Multicultural Youth workers will work alongside the DS AVITH Family
Practitioner, offering differential support within a whole of family framework,
supervised by a AVITH Practice lead.
The AVITH Family Practitioner is responsible for overseeing
intake, ongoing individual, family, risk and safety assessments, case planning,
therapeutic case management and counselling, case review, group work, warm
referrals to appropriate local services and relevant interventions for
multicultural/multifaith families and the young people using and experiencing
family violence. This specialist role will collaborate with Centre for
Multicultural youth and other internal and external DS practitioners and
services, when appropriate.
This role will also work with management and the Centre for
Research and Evaluation to progress and review the AVITH program alongside the
development of an intersectional AVITH practice model with a
multicultural/multifaith lens and make recommendations for future
implementation of the practice model. The model will incorporate
whole-of-family, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, intersectional and
collaborative practice approaches.
This position is 0.8 FTE. The role will be based at the
Carlton and Wyndham DS office but travel to partner organisation sites and
outreach is expected. Some evening and weekend work will be required.
Your responsibilities
- Direct service to multicultural/multifaith young people who
enact harm and their families
- Provide ongoing individual, family, risk and safety
assessments, case planning, therapeutic case management and counselling, case
review, warm referrals to appropriate local services and relevant interventions
for multicultural/multifaith young people using and experiencing family
violence.
- Work collaboratively with CMY Multicultural youth workers
and DS Child and Family Practitioners to deliver an integrated service,
ensuring that individuals and families’ safety and freedom underpins all
interventions.
- Liaise with internal and external services to maintain
relevant links and networks to strengthen services for young people and their
families.
- Liaise with legal services, police, Child Protection, and
the Courts, as required.
- Provision of centre based, outreach services and community
engagement as appropriate across the north and west region of Melbourne.
- Facilitation of capacity building for Practitioners from the
service and from partner organisations in the sector
About you
- Client focussed, including culturally and LGBTIQA+ aware
- Results Driven & Client Orientated
- Promotes productive work practices
- Organisational & Quality Focus
- Creative, flexible and solution focused under pressure
- High level of self-awareness, professionalism, and social
justice values
- Knowledge of local and regional services
- Belong to multicultural communities, and/or other
communities with whom DS assertively engages
- Cultural and diversity humility
- Must be eligible to work in Australia
Selection Criteria, all of the following must be
addressed in your application to be considered
Essential:
- Minimum Degree level qualification in social work,
psychology, youth work or the equivalent, preferably with additional family
therapy studies
- Minimum of four years demonstrated Counselling and
Specialist Case Management practice working with young people and families
using and experiencing family violence, utilising a variety of intervention
methods and the development of on-going support structures.
- Demonstrated experience in delivery of group programs to
families and young people using and experiencing family violence.
- Demonstrated understanding of the needs, issues, and
sensitivities of people from diverse backgrounds including First Nation,
LGBTIQA+, people with all abilities and culturally and linguistically diverse
people and multifaith communities
- Demonstrated experience of working with families with
complex needs such as family violence, drug and alcohol and mental health
issues- preferably multicultural or multi faith families.
- Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to
meet deadlines and prioritise work tasks.
- Demonstrated capacity to work creatively, show initiative,
contribute ideas and be active in a supportive team environment in a busy
family service.
- Strong capacity to engage in collaborative practice.
- Demonstrated high level written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience in community engagement activities
and group work
- This role requires the ability to drive a DS fleet vehicle,
provide your own transport or have other transportation options to perform the
inherent requirements of the position. If you believe that you are
unable to fulfil this requirement of the position then please discuss with the
hiring manager
Application process
- Applications close at midnight on Sunday 5 May 2024
- All applications will be directed to our careers portal – Family
Practitioner Multicultural AVITH
- All applicants must include a resume with a cover letter
addressing all the key selection criteria for the position.
- Suitable applicants that apply before the closing date will
be offered an interview
Please contact Sandra Chidavaenzi, MCMF AVITH Practice
Lead on 9663 6733 or Sandra.chidavaenzi@ds.org.au
Requirements