• 0.7 EFT fixed-term until 30 June 2026
  • Work-life balance – flexible work days
  • Generous salary packaging benefits available
  • Friendly and diverse team who take pride in excellent quality of care
  • Based in Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges.

About Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health
Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health is a not-for-profit community health organisation providing a comprehensive range of free and low-cost health, wellbeing and community services in early childhood, youth, families, adults, aged and disability.  Covering an area of over 1700 km2 from Sunbury to beyond the borders of Macedon Ranges Shire, our 220 staff and 70 volunteers are based across four sites at Kyneton, Romsey and Sunbury.The organisation has a proud history of delivering community health services to the region for over 40 years.  Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health builds the social fabric of our communities through diverse services and programs that help people support themselves and each other.

About the Role
Working alongside the Integrated Family Services team and supporting sector outcomes as part of the Hume Merri-bek Child and Family Services Alliance, the Family Violence Senior Practitioner position will work with families where there is an assessed elevated and serious risk of family violence.  This specialist role will provide child centred, family focused, case management to families with complex needs who are experiencing a high risk of family violence to improve their safety and wellbeing.  The role will also, where appropriate, work with parents and adolescents who use violence in the home and provide secondary consultation to family services colleagues on complex cases where elevated risk is identified.

About You
Applicants will have:

  • A Bachelor (or equivalent) in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling or other Human Services related degree, with a minimum three years' experience working in the family violence space.
  • An ability to co-work and capacity build with Family Services practitioner colleagues where elevated risk of family violence is identified.
  • The ability to assess, implement and, with others, create responses to family violence situations.
  • A high level of competence in conducting family violence risk assessment and management utilising the MARAM Comprehensive Assessment Tool.

Benefits and Perks
Our benefits enhance everyday wellbeing and encourage you to take time to make a difference in the community:

  • Supervision embedded and valued within the team and support with your professional development
  • The option to access purchased leave
  • Free professional counselling from our world class employee assistance program
  • In addition to your salary and superannuation, you'll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits plus up to $2,650 meals and entertainment packaging benefits
  • Access to the Fitness Passport program (subsidised access to selected gyms across Victoria) and organisational-led employee wellbeing initiatives such as virtual challenges and all-staff development day
  • Free parking and fresh fruit on-site for all employees

The successful candidate will be required to undertake and maintain a National Criminal History Check, NDIS Safety Screening check, Working with Children Check and hold valid Australian working rights.

Further Information
Position Description

For a confidential discussion, please contact please contact Renee Griffiths, Team Leader Family Services Hume on 0492 840 505.

How to Apply
As an employer, we are all about building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels welcome. We will best serve our local community if we are representative, which is why we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, just let us know at peopleandculture@scchc.org.au. We are here to help.

To be considered for this role, your application must include a cover letter, resume, including three referees, and responses to the key selection criteria in the Position Description, which need to be submitted via email to: renee.griffiths@scchc.org.au.

Applications Close via email at 5pm, Friday 3 October 2025.