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The Opportunity
The Specialist Family Violence Integrated Practitioner – CMCOP is a part-time, permanent role based at Frankston, Moorabbin, Sandringham, Cheltenham, Mentone, Ringwood, Dandenong, with flexibility for remote/online work as required – Bunurong and Wurundjeri Land.
This position provides high-quality, brief intervention services to adults using family violence who are subject to Counselling Orders issued by the Magistrates’ Court. Working within Family Life’s Men’s Support Services team, the Practitioner delivers MARAM-aligned risk assessment, safety planning, and individual therapeutic intervention to support clients’ accountability, insight, and readiness to engage in behaviour change interventions.
The role involves managing a caseload of diverse clients, developing tailored intervention plans, and providing counselling and psychoeducation to increase behavioural change readiness, address the use of violence and associated risk factors. The Practitioner liaises closely with the Magistrates’ Court, Family Safety Advocates and other key stakeholders to ensure coordinated, trauma-informed responses.
While the role primarily focuses on individual intervention, there may be opportunities to co-facilitate group-based sessions on an as-needed basis to support program delivery. The Practitioner also prepares timely reports for the Court and represents Family Life in revocation hearings, both online and in person (as required).
Key Responsibility Areas
Our Ideal Candidate
Growth Mindset – You pride yourself for your commitment to resilience and continuous improvement. You see growth opportunities as opposed to failures, and you are always on the lookout for an improved workflow or process. You think creatively, value input and feedback from peers, and adapt to changing or unforeseen circumstances.
Curiosity – You naturally seek out learning opportunities and further information without being prompted to by your manager. You clarify the ‘Why’ and like to investigate and explore further information.
Proactivity – You are a positive influence on your colleagues, you opt-in to support organisational projects, and always lend a hand to support others.
You are a skilled and motivated practitioner with experience providing brief, individual interventions to adults using family violence within a legal or specialist family violence context. You demonstrate a sound understanding of the MARAM Framework, the gendered nature of family violence, and how trauma, mental health, and substance use intersect with violent behaviour.
You bring experience conducting comprehensive risk assessments, developing safety plans, and delivering therapeutic, psychoeducational, and motivational interventions that promote accountability and sustainable behaviour change. You are confident engaging clients subject to Counselling Orders, collaborating with the Magistrates’ Court, and working within a multi-agency environment to ensure coordinated and safe responses.
You are reflective, organised, and values-driven, with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a trauma-informed, strengths-based framework.
You will demonstrate:
Who We Are
At Family Life, we believe every child deserves to thrive in a safe and healthy family environment. Family Life is a specialist family services provider that has worked with children, families and communities for more than 50 years. Our vision is to work with clients and partners to create capable communities, strong families and thriving children.
We are known for our innovation and whole-of-community collective impact approach. Our teams are committed to transforming the lives of our clients and communities to build resilience and healthy relationships. We are proudly purpose-driven, independent and not for profit. We support our community through our specialist family services, community strengthening programs, a network of op shops, a vibrant engaged volunteer community and passionate skilled staff.
Working at Family Life is more than just a job. It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the community in which you live a better place and working with others who feel the same way.
Additionally, you will have access to:
You can view the full position description and submit your confidential application—including a CV and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria—via the Application Portal
We will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate. Please apply now to ensure you do not miss out!
For further information regarding the position please contact
Michelle Rowe, Team Leader Men’s Support Services on (03) 8599 5433.
Applications close: 14 November 2025
Belong, Learn and Grow With Us as We Support Families and Build Stronger Communities
Our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) represents the unique benefits, experiences and opportunities that define what it means to work at Family Life. It reflects our commitment to fostering an environment where every team member feels valued, engaged and inspired to thrive.
All offers of employment are subject to the Family Life Safety Screening process, including a Working with Children Check and Police Records Check. Any person issued with a negative notice on their Working with Children Check will not be eligible for employment with Family Life.
Family Life values diversity and welcomes applicants who meet the position criteria, irrespective of race and ethnicity, colour, age, gender, gender identity, disability, religion and sexual orientation.
Family Life is a trauma informed organisation and recognises the unique skills, contributions and insights that come from lived experience.
Family Life is a child safe organisation. We value, respect and listen to children and young people. We are committed to the safety of all children and young people. Family Life supports children to meet their potential and thrive. We do not tolerate neglect, mistreatment or abuse of any kind.
