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Men's Case Manager (Identified)
Lilydale, Victoria Employment Office
- Provide direct case management and reduce barriers to behavioural change for Aboriginal men and families
- Promote family safety and help strengthen individuals’ and communities’ capacity and resilience
- Enjoy a competitive salary circa $75,000 – $80,000 plus super and salary packaging!
About the Opportunity
Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) has multiple opportunities for Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Identified Men’s Case Managers to join their team on a full-time basis.
Located in Lilydale, Melbourne, you will have the opportunity to promote family strengthening, safety, and healing with a culturally safe and holistic approach.
Note: Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander candidates need only apply – Equal Opportunity Act (H143/2018)
The successful applicant will provide case management and case coordination to male users of violence that promotes accountability and responsibility, implementing collaborative and creative strategies towards behavioural change whilst keeping the Safety of Victim survivors including Children and the centre of the work.
Core Duties:
- Provide case management and effective case coordination
- Undertake Family Violence Risk Assessments’
- Provide ongoing analysis of safety, risk, and wellbeing
- Make appropriate referrals and connections
- Keep and maintain client records in line with quality assurance requirements
- Engage with partnered organisations, services, and stakeholders to ensure multi-disciplinary interventions are available
- Abide by all privacy and confidentiality policies and laws as described by BWAHS
About You
To be considered for this role, you will have strong knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, communities, and culture. You will also have a developed understanding of the issues underpinning the impacts of intergenerational trauma and family violence.
Essential
- Current Victorian Driver’s License
- Current Working with Children’s Check
- National Police Check
Desirable
- Tertiary qualification or willingness to obtain one in a field relevant to the position
- Experience working in the family violence sector or related areas would be beneficial but not essential
- First Aid Qualification
This is a critical community service and requires understanding, passionate and dedicated individuals to lead the change and promote the Healing journey to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders impacted by Family violence and intergenerational trauma.
Benefits of working with BWAHS
This is a highly rewarding opportunity to work with passionate and dedicated teams to make a genuine difference for our families and communities impacted by family violence and intergenerational trauma.
Enjoy a competitive salary of $75k+ with super and salary packaging, and a range of additional benefits, including:
- fantastic Job security and ongoing capacity and professional development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
- A supportive and inclusive environment
- Regular internal and external supervision offered to staff
About the Organisation
Boorndawan William Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation leading the development and delivery of specialised family violence and healing services in the Eastern Metropolitan Area of Melbourne. Our Services Include:
- Men’s Case Management (Family Violence)
- Women & Children’s Intensive Case Management (Family Violence)
- Individual Child & Family Services
- AOD Services
- Family Violence Counselling
- Children & Youth Therapeutic Counselling
- Wholistic and individualised culturally-based healing programs
Our Services encompasses men, women, children, families, and extended families. BWAHS recognises family violence as defined by The Victorian Indigenous Family Violence Task Force (2003).
This is a rare opportunity to work with individuals and families to help reduce family violence in the community – Apply Now!
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Group Facilitator (Men's Group)
Lilydale, Victoria Employment Office
- Aboriginal Designated Position – only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply
- Fantastic opportunity to provide outreach to men, children and families within the community!
- Enjoy a competitive remuneration plus super and salary packaging!
- Promote family safety and help strengthen individuals’ and communities’ capacity and resilience
About the Organisation
Established in 2006, Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) provides a range of services and programs to Aboriginal individuals and families who are experiencing, at risk of experiencing family violence or use violence. Currently, BWAHS is one of 4 Aboriginal specific state-funded healing services in Victoria.
BWAHS has skilled qualified staff and comprehensive experience with culturally safe delivery of child, youth and family services for Aboriginal people. They provide family violence risk assessment, safety planning, case coordination and support including referrals to the Risk Assessment Management Panel. They have developed an excellent record for providing high-quality family violence and trauma-informed Intensive Case Management, Integrated Family Services responses and evidence-based therapeutic programs to individuals and groups for a whole of family approach.
Boorndawan Willam derives from the Wathaurong and Woiwurrung languages. Boorndawan (Wathaurong) meaning ‘safe’ and Willam (Woiwurrung) meaning ‘house’, combine to create a ‘safe house’. The healing service acknowledges the use of these words in the development of the organisation's name.
About the Opportunity
BWAHS is currently seeking a Men’s Group Facilitator to join their team on a full-time basis, located in Lilydale, Melbourne.
Reporting to the Men’s Service Manager, you will be responsible for collaboratively supporting clients to attend to groups and counselling programs, you will be involved in the design and facilitation a range of culturally safe healing group programs with Aboriginal men, young men, adolescents and or children who are impacted by or have experienced or are users of family violence.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Identifying opportunities to support strong positive connections between participants and their families, culture, Country and Community to promote healing and recovery;
- Engaging with clients through in-service and outreach appointments as appropriate;
- Collaborating and consulting with internal and external stakeholders to reduce identified barriers and support to clients to attend therapeutic groups and programs;
- Maintaining records; including notes, reports, plans and data within required timelines;
- Ensuring that client records are in accordance with BWAHS quality/audit requirements; and
- Identify family violence risks and strategies to support safety and the healing journey.
To learn more about the role, click here.
About You
To be considered for this role, you must have an understanding of Aboriginal culture and intergenerational trauma. You will also require experience in group facilitation, with experience in family violence desirable. Although not required, qualifications in Social Services, Community Services, or Men's Behaviour Change will be highly regarded.
You will enjoy the facilitation of groups and public speaking. You will have culturally safe approaches to support safety and healing to Aboriginal families, children or young people from family violence. Ability to engage families of varying ages, stages and compositions who have multiple and complex needs.
Ability to work independently as part of a small team and basic computers skills are a must.
Finally, you will need to demonstrate a practical understanding of the legislative, policy, and practice requirements relating to Aboriginal children, families, and communities impacted by family violence and be able to work within these requirements.
Please note: You will need to hold or be willing to obtain a current National Police Check, Working with Children Check and basic First Aid Qualification. You will also need a current Driver's License.
This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under 'special measures' of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Under the Equal Opportunity Act (H143/2018) BWAHS have an exemption and for this reason, are accepting male applicants only. Due to these classifications, only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander males are eligible to apply.
About the Benefits
In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be rewarded with a highly attractive remuneration package commensurate with your skills and experience, plus super and salary packaging up to $15,999.
In addition, BWAHS also provides ongoing professional development opportunities!
This is a rare opportunity to work with Aboriginal families and make a genuine difference in their lives – Apply Now!
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SENIOR ADVISER, ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
The University of Melbourne, Victoria University of Melbourne
Job no: 0042309
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Chancellery
Department/School: Strategy and Culture
Salary: $108,009 – $116,906 (UOM 8)
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional – Full time – 17% super
About Strategy & Culture, Chancellery at The University of Melbourne
As part of the Chancellery, Strategy and Culture includes, among others, University Governance; Strategy, Planning and Performance; Marketing and Communications.
The Engagement and Partnerships Department is structured to be a collaborative and agile team that cultivates relationships, co-develops strategy, co-delivers programs and evaluates the impact of its engagement and partnerships activities with University Divisions and external partners.
About the role
As the Senior Adviser, Engagement and Partnerships, you will provide high level advice, analysis and thinking that will inform place-based engagement and partnerships strategy, implementation and reporting. You will engage and connect University and external partners on City of Melbourne relations and collaboration to achieve outcomes. You will advise the Director, Engagement and Partnerships and senior managers team and Chancellery Strategy and Culture and divisions.
About you
You will bring to the role your highly developed planning, conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills. You will also have the ability to develop strategy and policy, provide innovative solutions to problems and to lead, design and manage projects and initiatives.
You will further have:
- An undergraduate degree and significant relevant experience. Postgraduate qualifications will be highly regarded.
- Advanced written communication skills, capable of distilling ideas and communicating these persuasively.
- Advanced research skills, proficient at undertaking literature reviews, synthesising perspectives and making recommendations to guide decision making.
- Strong capacity to work as a collaborative team member, frame and solve problems (collaboratively and autonomously) and to contribute to the organisational development of the department, portfolio and the University as a whole.
Benefits
– Maximise your benefits through our Salary Packaging scheme
– Flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions
– The opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment
– A substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at the University of Melbourne
To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits
Culture
The University is a vibrant campus. We have well-established clubs and networks giving the opportunity to engage and collaborate with other staff around the University. We strive to create an environment where staff and students promote culturally inclusive behaviour and activities, ensure cultural differences are heard and explored, and actively seek to learn from other cultures.
How to apply
Your application submitted should include a CV along with your responses against the selection criteria* found in the Position Description for the role.
*For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria/competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Position Description: Senior Adviser, Engagement and Partnerships.pdf
Advertised: 30 Sep 2021 12:05 AM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 14 Oct 2021 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
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