Senior Men's Behaviour Change Practitioner

Join Cafs and use your expertise to lead behaviour change practice and strengthen family safety outcomes.

Employment type: Part Time 0.8
Classification: Social Worker Level 5 (SW5)
Salary: $105,736 to $110,518 plus superannuation
Salary packaging options: Up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment
Location: Ballarat, VIC
Above award entitlements: Including 3 days paid Christmas Leave

About the Opportunity

Cafs is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Men's Behaviour Change Practitioner to join our Family Safety team.

This senior practitioner role will provide advanced case management, group facilitation and practice leadership within our long-standing Men's Behaviour Change Program. You will work with men who use violence, support family safety outcomes and contribute to service quality, mentoring and continuous improvement initiatives.

About the Program

For more than 30 years, Cafs has delivered Men's Behaviour Change Programs designed to increase accountability, reduce family violence and support safer relationships and communities.

The program works with voluntary and court-mandated participants and plays a key role in Cafs' commitment to eliminating family violence.

About the Role

As the Senior Men's Behaviour Change Practitioner, you will:

- Lead intake, assessment and risk management processes.
- Manage a complex caseload of men who use violence.
- Undertake ongoing MARAM risk assessment and safety planning.
- Deliver high-level case management and tailored interventions.
- Co-facilitate Men's Behaviour Change Groups.
- Use motivational interviewing and advanced engagement strategies.
- Work closely with Family Safety Practitioners and partner agencies.




- Liaise with courts and stakeholders regarding mandated participants.
- Mentor and support SW4 Men's Behaviour Change Practitioners.
- Contribute to program planning, evaluation, quality assurance and continuous improvement.

About You

You will bring:

- Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent and/or Graduate Certificate in Family Violence.
- Demonstrated experience working with men who use violence.
- Solid knowledge and application of the MARAM Framework.
- Minimum 100 hours of Men's Behaviour Change Group facilitation experience.
- Advanced understanding of family violence risk and accountability-based practice.
- Ability to mentor and support less experienced practitioners.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities.
- Current Victorian Driver Licence.

Why Join Cafs?

At Cafs, we are committed to creating safe, connected, diverse and thriving communities. We offer:

- A highly respected and established Men's Behaviour Change Program.
- Opportunities to mentor and influence practice excellence.
- Ongoing professional development and supervision.
- Meaningful work that contributes to family safety and violence prevention.
- A values-driven organisation committed to inclusion, child safety and eliminating family violence.

Our Commitment

Inclusion and diversity are at the heart of everything we do at Cafs. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

"To work with people to enable healing, hope and meaningful impact across all generations."

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