Men's Healing and Support Worker- Aboriginal identified

🌿 Men's Healing & Support Worker - Family Violence

📍 Lilydale | 💼 Permanent | ⏰ Full-Time | 0.8 FTE Considered

Tradewind Australia is recruiting a passionate Men's Healing & Support Worker to join a Family Violence team in Lilydale.

This is an Aboriginal Identified position, supporting Aboriginal men to promote healing, accountability and non-violence, while keeping the safety and wellbeing of women and children at the centre of all practice. ❤️

🪶 About the Role

Working within a culturally grounded framework, you will support Aboriginal men to understand and address the underlying factors contributing to their use of family violence and work towards making safer choices.

You will:

• 🤝 Provide culturally grounded case management and support to Aboriginal men
• 🛡️ Undertake family violence risk assessment and safety planning
• 🔄 Participate in collaborative risk management and appropriate treatment interventions
• 🌱 Support men to address behaviours and underlying factors contributing to family violence
• 💪 Promote healing, accountability and non-violence
• 🏡 Work with men to strengthen stability across different areas of their lives
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Keep the safety and wellbeing of women and children central to all practice
• 🤝 Build strong relationships with clients and work collaboratively with other services and stakeholders
• 🚗 Undertake outreach as required

The role is primarily onsite at the Lilydale office, with outreach required

✨ About You

We're looking for someone who brings a strong combination of cultural knowledge, relationship-building skills and family violence expertise.

You will ideally have:

• Experience working with men experiencing or using family violence
• Experience in case management, family violence, counselling, behavioural change or a related field
• 🌿 Strong Aboriginal cultural knowledge and a culturally grounded approach
• 🛡️ Understanding of family violence risk assessment, safety planning and risk management
• A strengths-based, trauma-informed and non-judgemental approach
• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• The ability to support accountability while maintaining strong, respectful relationships
• ❤️ A genuine commitment to improving the safety of Aboriginal women and children

💰 What's on Offer?

• 💼 Permanent, ongoing position
• ⏰ Full-time preferred - 0.8 FTE considered
• 📍 Lilydale location
• 💵 SCHADS Level 5: $105,574 - $110,357 + super, depending on experience
• 🏠 WFH flexibility following probation
• 🌿 Culturally grounded and meaningful work
• 🤝 Join a community-focused Family Violence team

⚠️ This is a genuine Aboriginal Identified position and applicants must meet the requirements of the Aboriginal Identified funding.

If you're passionate about Aboriginal men's healing, accountability and creating safer families and communities, we'd love to hear from you! 🌟

About Tradewind Australia

Tradewind Australia is a multi-award-winning recruitment agency recognised for outstanding candidate experience across the Social and Community sectors. We partner with leading organisations across Victoria, providing opportunities that align with your skills, values and career goals.

What sets us apart:

• Dedicated consultants specialising in Family Services

• Access to exclusive locum and permanent opportunities

• Support throughout the entire recruitment and onboarding process

• Transparent communication and ongoing career development support

How to Apply

Click "Apply" to submit your CV.
For more information, please contact our Family Services Team on 03 9081 0562

Commitment to Child Safety, Inclusion and being an equal opportunities employer

Tradewind Australia is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and vulnerable people. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

All successful applicants will undergo reference checks, identity verification and Working with Children Check and further compliance requests pending the organisation's requirements.

*Tradewind considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement as outlined in section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991) and permitted as a 'special measure' under section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and by articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.