- Fixed term (12 months), Full time 76 hours per fortnight located in Armadale.
- Competitive Salary $93, $98,108.40
- Salary sacrifice benefits
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- Provide practice guidance, supervision and support to the Safety Advocate team.
- Coordinate the referrals, undertake intake and risk/needs assessment.
- Coordinate weekly intake and review meetings
- Oversee, implement and evaluate case management strategies for women and their children
- Engage clients, building trust, and offering one-on-one support where needed.
- Support clients to maintain safety.
- Facilitate and advocate access to a wide range of information, services, and resources.
- Where required make "warm" referrals to other support services provided by the Alliance or external providers.
- Ensure that all case management is in the boundaries of the Western Australian Family and Domestic Violence
- Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework
- Maintain relevant documentation, verbal and written reports and internal and external data collection as required.
- Social Service degree or diploma (desirable) and/or significant relevant experience in area.
- Cultural skills, knowledge, and networks.
- Knowledge and experience working with FDV
- Experience working with men who use violence and the survivors of family violence.
- Demonstrated experience working with Western Australian Family and Domestic Violence Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework
- Current knowledge of and commitment to Equal Opportunity in all aspects of employment and service delivery
Senior Safety Advocate - Armadale, Australia - Hope Community Services
Description
HOPE has been a community service in Western Australia for over a century, providing much needed support to people affected by alcohol and other drugs, mental ill-health, youth justice issues and socioeconomic disadvantage.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Safety Advocate to join the FDV team The position is full time, working Monday to Friday.
About the Opportunity
The role consists of delivering culturally safe support services for women and children that are experiencing family violence and oversee the quality of client work and data management for the safety advocates.
Hope Community Services in partnership with Yorgum Healing Services has been awarded a contract to establish and operate the Armadale Family and Domestic Violence Hub with a number of other specialist service partners including:
The new hub will provide victim-survivors with access to services and supports in a single, accessible location, as well as providing off-site services for perpetrators and young people. The service model will see the creation of a multicultural and multidisciplinary team, while adopting a trauma informed, culturally competent approach: while the various hub team members will be employed by one of the nine service partners, they will work within the cohesive FDV Hub team culture under the leadership of the FDV Manager, to provide support to women and children who are experiencing family violence.
Requirements of the Role:
About you:
During the interim service delivery phase (and at other times as needed) you will be required to assist in the set up and packing away of furniture and other equipment at different sites. Therefore, some manual handling and other physical tasks are required as part of this role; the incumbent must be willing, fit and able to undertake these tasks on a regular basis
Desirable Criteria:
Appointments will be subject to Australian residency/visa, satisfactory National Police check (within 3 months), Working With Children card, Current C or A class driver's license, First Aid Certificate, and suitable work referees.
Our Culture
Hope strives to provide a safe workplace and promotes progressive policies that prioritise the health, safety and unique needs of our team. Hope's ambition is to be an employer of choice by supporting staff to grow, learn, innovate and achieve their potential. We invest in developing our people to sustain the workforce built on 'growing our own'.
Find out more about Hope on our website.
If you need support to submit your application, please email
Your benefits
Knowing you are making a real difference in your community and being in a team that celebrates your successes and supports you during challenges.
Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay).
Discounts with a major health insurance provider.
We offer employees and their family members access to a confidential, and professional counselling service.
What to expect next
If your application is shortlisted, you will receive a phone call to discuss your skill further and may be invited to attend an interview either online or in person at our local office/Hub.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
HOPE acknowledges and welcomes diversity in all its forms amongst staff and clients, including culture, language, race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex variations, religion, and socio-economic and relationship status.