This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, experienced Family Safety Practitioner to join Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) at Shepparton

About us

Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation with no religious affiliations. Our vision is for positive, respectful, safe and fulfilling relationships for all Australians. For more than 75 years, we have been delivering high quality family and relationship support services, and we now support more than 20,000 clients every year. We have over 400 dedicated employees working from 21 centres across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

About the role

Reporting to the Program Manager, you will play a vital role in providing a service access point for men, women, and children experiencing family and domestic violence. You will ensure a coordinated practice by facilitating warm referrals to RAV supports.  Your responsibilities will include conducting telephone psycho-social assessments and acting as an information and referral source, ensuring the safety and well-being of partners, former partners, family members, and children of men in the Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP). Additionally, you will provide group work programs for family members affected by family violence, with an emphasis on parenting and parent-child relationships.

This role is located at our Shepparton Centre and is part-time, permanent, working three (3) days per week, including Tuesday evenings. The base salary range is $95k - $102k (pro-rata) per annum.  

About you

• Degree qualified in social work, counselling, or psychology or a related social science discipline. 
• Completion of Multi Agency Risk Assessment and Risk Management (MARAM) Framework training.  
• Significant group facilitation skills and experience working with parents and children affected by family violence. 
• Significant experience in undertaking whole of family psychosocial assessments and safety plans. 

We provide

• Attractive salary including salary packaging and generous leave benefits.
• Professional development and Career progression opportunities.
• Best practice clinical supervision.

Candidates can view the position description at www.rav.org.au/careers, contact Stuart Deagan, Senior Manager Western Melbourne by phoning 0488 011 564 for specific queries.  Applications close 5 Thursday, June 2025. 

All candidates must complete the Minimum Qualifications Self-Assessment form and attach this with their application. 

RAV is committed to developing an inclusive and diverse workforce. We encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from under-represented culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual (LGBTIQA+) communities, and people living with disability. We are committed to the safety of our clients and staff and promote a child-safe work environment. We recognise the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma and recognise those who had children taken away from them. 

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