Job Description

Emerge Women and Children's Support Network – Hampton East VIC

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Emerge is a specialist family violence service in Victoria's Southern Region, providing refuge accommodation, case management, transitional housing, outreach and therapeutic support to women and children escaping family/domestic violence.

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We're looking for a Children's Case Manager to lead specialist support for children and young people who have experienced or witnessed family violence. You'll provide trauma-informed, child-centred case management, deliver individual and family sessions, co-facilitate groups, and work alongside safe caregivers to rebuild the parent-child relationship.

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This ongoing role is an exciting prospect to elevate children's voices in case planning, provide therapeutic support toward long-term recovery, and help them participate and thrive, within a team guided by collaboration, respect, courage, creativity, inclusivity, impact and kindness.

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You'll bring: A tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling,



Community Development or a related field; extensive experience in MARAM risk assessment; strong case management and trauma-informed practice skills; and a genuine understanding of the gendered nature of family violence. Experience running groups and working directly with children and young people affected by trauma is highly valued.

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Requirements: Police Check, Working with Children Check, current Victorian Driver's Licence, and the right to work in Australia. Cover letter addressing the mandatory criteria - under two pages.

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If you're driven to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families recovering from family violence, we'd love to hear from you.

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We strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of family violence. We also welcome applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

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Please note: As a specialist family violence agency, we hold an exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984. Female applicants only need apply.

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