Family Domestic Violence Counsellor
Start: ASAP - 30/06/2026 - 76hours per fortnight
Social, Community, Home Care & Disability Services Industry Award 2010
Level 5
Key Objectives:
• To offer compassionate, client-centered counselling services to individuals, families, and children affected by family and domestic violence (FDV), helping them heal, regain
control and navigate their trauma.
• To increase the capacity of those who have experienced domestic and family violence to live safely and independently in the community.
• To have knowledge and experience of working with women who have/or are experiencing family and domestic violence
• Coordinate the facilitation of therapeutic group counselling programs that integrates with Indigo Junction suite of FDV services to achieve positive outcomes for clients.
• To support women and their families who have experienced trauma to heal through the delivery of recognised trauma-informed, therapeutic responses.
• To ensure clients are safe, support and increase their knowledge and confidence to reduce the likelihood of future crises.
• To work collaboratively with a range of agencies and Indigo Junction services to provide comprehensive, wraparound support for women and their families.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
• Counselling and Support
• Case Management
• Advocacy & Referral
• Administration
• Community Education
• Interagency Working
Essential:
Qualifications and/or training and/or licenses:
• A qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or a related field (Bachelor’s or Master’s level).
• Relevant certifications/training in trauma-informed care or family and domestic violence counselling may be preferred.
Experience and knowledge:
• Demonstrated experience in providing counselling and support services for individuals impacted by family and domestic violence.
• Sound understanding of the principles of Trauma Informed Care.
• Knowledge and experience of intervention work and case management with individuals experiencing domestic and family violence.
• Ability to develop networks and advocate strongly on behalf of clients in domestic and family violence situations.
• A commitment to the notion of empowerment and self-determination.
• Experience in a case management approach with an understanding of professional boundaries in relation to client work.
• Experience in providing advocacy and referral.
• Knowledge of community and government resources available to families and ability to work collaboratively with them.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Skills and Attributes:
• Sound assessment and counselling skills.
• High level of interpersonal skills to build rapport working with people from diverse backgrounds
• High level communications skills, both written and oral.
• High level negotiations and advocacy skills.
• High level self-management, time management and organisational skills.
• Computing skills in word processing, spreadsheets and database.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a multidisciplinary team.
Training and/or Licences and/or clearances:
• Current ‘C’ class driver’s licence.
• Current National Police Clearance.
• Working With Children Clearance.
• First Aid Certificate (or willingness to obtain one).
Please supply a current Resume and cover letter
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
