Work Opportunities
Employee Benefits
Refuge Victoria provides rewarding careers for skilled staff who provide inclusive and individualised support to our clients. We have a family-friendly workplace that values work/life balance and recognises the importance of working within a culturally, physically, and emotionally safe environment.
Refuge Victoria offers:
- Generous remuneration and salary packaging entitlements to increase take-home pay
- Accrued day off each month for full time staff
- Paid parental leave initiatives in addition to the Government Paid Parental Leave Scheme
- Staff wellness initiatives, e.g. confidential access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Employee Inclusiveness
Refuge Victoria is committed to the principles of cultural safety and inclusion of all individuals from diverse backgrounds and to the safety and inclusion of individuals with a disability. We recognise intersectionality and celebrate the diverse identities in the LGBTIQAP+ community. We are committed to supporting, encouraging and ensuring our staff and clients feel safe to be seen and treated as they are.
We welcome applications from people who meet our advertised position descriptions, irrespective of age, ethnicity, disability, religion or sexual orientation. Candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
In line with the Royal Commission into Family Violence: Recommendation 209, our specialist family violence case management roles have a mandatory qualification of a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent discipline.
As a specialist family violence service, we hold an exemption to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 for frontline service staff, so people identifying as female need only apply.
Current Opportunities:
Children and Young People’s Practitioner
As a Children and Young People’s Practitioner (CYPP), you’ll play a key role in supporting children and young people experiencing family violence. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you’ll deliver trauma-informed, strength-based case management and advocacy that empowers families to achieve safety and stability.
Family Violence Support Worker | Casual and Part Time Available
Working as part of a dynamic team, the Family Violence Support Worker assists the work of Case Managers and Children and Young People’s Practitioners to implement goals and meet needs identified in client plans.
This is a Casual Support Worker opportunity, the successful candidate must be available to commit to sleepover shifts and weekends.
Team Leader | Full Time
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Team Leader to join our dynamic Service Delivery team. Based at our East site, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing daily operations, leading a dedicated team of Support Workers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, trauma-informed case management services to women and children affected by family violence.
Nurse Educator | Part Time
As a vital member of our service delivery team, the Nurse Educator (Community Health Promotion) will play a crucial role in implementing and expanding the health and wellness program for our clients at Refuge Victoria.
We currently have opportunities available for this role across both our East and West sites. The position at our East site is being offered on a fixed-term basis. Please apply for your preferred location using the links below.
Team Leader | Full Time | Looking Ahead Program
Reporting to the Refuge Manager, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of Recovery and Housing Practitioners, an LGBTIQA+ Case Manager and a Housing and Tenancy Worker. The Looking Ahead Program is Refuge Victoria’s new funded initiative integrating housing and recovery initiative. Support begins while victim survivors are living in crisis accommodation and continues as they transition into longer-term housing, with graduated outreach support provided over 18–24 months.
Recovery and Housing Practitioner | Full Time | Looking Ahead Program
We are looking for an experienced case management practitioner who is compassionate, organised and committed to client-led recovery.
Reporting to the Team Leader – Looking Ahead, you will provide client-led case management across the full Looking Ahead journey. You will begin working with victim survivors while they are living in specialist family violence crisis accommodation and continue supporting them as they transition into longer-term housing and move through phased outreach support.
Senior Recovery and Housing Practitioner | Full Time | Looking Ahead Program
We are looking for an experienced practitioner who combines advanced practice knowledge with calm, collaborative and development-focused senior practice leadership.
Reporting to the Team Leader – Looking Ahead, you will hold a caseload with a focus on complex, high-risk or multi-system presentations while also providing senior practice guidance, mentoring, case review and secondary consultation to other practitioners. You will support high-quality and consistent practice across family violence risk assessment and management, housing and tenancy pathways, recovery planning, multi-agency coordination and culturally safe responses to complex barriers.
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