About us…
KWY is an award-winning Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation delivering culturally grounded programs that support Aboriginal people, families and communities to create positive, lasting change.
Since 2011, KWY has worked to break the cycle of domestic and family violence, strengthen family wellbeing, and reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system. Our services span family support, youth work, men’s behaviour change, kinship care, reunification, social and emotional wellbeing, research, and workforce development.
Supporting more than 2,300 families each year, KWY offers a collaborative, values-driven workplace where your work makes a genuine difference in the lives of Aboriginal families and communities.
About the position...
The Women’s Practitioner is responsible for the implementation and support of the women in the Kumangka Program providing intensive and therapeutic support, advocacy, and information.
The Women’s Practitioner will work within a multidisciplinary team to collaboratively assess risk and act as a first point of contact for families seeking support. The women’s practitioner will provide intensive and therapeutic support and clinical expertise for women who are experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence and other child protection issues.
The Women’s Practitioner is a highly experienced and competent worker with experience in complex case management. The Practitioner will deliver dedicated clinical and cultural services to women allocated within the service. The worker is responsible for contributing to improvements in the quality, safety and community needs-driven distribution of services that meet the needs of Aboriginal women and their families
Fixed-term contract for a period of 12 months.
Key Responsibilities...
About you...
The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience in delivering complex case management, trauma-informed and culturally responsive support to Aboriginal families, and be committed to cultural healing, self-determination and strengths-based practice. The applicant will possess a strong understanding of the impacts of domestic, family and sexual violence from a trauma-informed lens, knowledge of the child protection system and family safety principles.
What we offer...
Job requirements...
About applying...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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.
