Intake and Assessment Worker
Djirra, Australia
Job Description
- Join a passionate, dedicated and committed team at Djirra
- Make a difference
- Attractive salary package on offer
About the Organisation
Djirra is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation with over 20 years’ experience accompanying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and their children, on their individual journeys. We find solutions through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their stories, journeys, and experiences. Djirra celebrates women’s strength and resilience.
We are committed to a future without family violence. We deliver holistic, culturally safe, specialist family violence support, legal services and case management, alongside cultural and wellbeing workshops, and programs. Our services have state-wide reach, touching every part of Victoria to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Self-determination is the foundation of everything we do.
Djirra amplifies the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. We advocate for system-wide change to improve access to justice, eliminate systemic violence, and strengthen women’s resilience.
About the Role
Individual Support Services (ISS) delivers a high-quality response to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children, who are currently experiencing or have experienced family violence and are at risk of further harm. The team’s interventions range from short-term crisis responses to longer term, intensive case management.
The Intake and Assessment team is the first point of call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women when they contact Djirra in person, via the phone or email. The Intake and Assessment Workers work collaboratively using a client-centred approach, through a trauma-informed lens to undertake a needs assessment and family violence risk screening and assessment. They work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to identify their needs, provide immediate and short-term responses, and direct them to the right services (eg. internal supports such as material aid, case management, legal services and counselling or connection with our Koori Women’s Place (KWP), as well as referral to external agencies).
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Requirements
- Experience in the family violence sector, preferably with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will be highly regarded but is not essential.
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Community Development or related discipline will be highly regarded but are not essential.
- A Working With Children Check Card
- A Police Check
- A Victorian Driver’s License
How to Apply
To find out more about this exciting role, and organisational information, refer to the position description under this role on our website here: www.djirra.org.au
To apply please click the 'Apply for this Job' button below, and submit your application form, resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria listed in the position description.
Enquiries may be directed to Teresa Kyprianou, Human Resources Advisor on 0433 721 110 or to Skye Gooch ISS Manager on 0497 551 128.
Please note, applications will be checked as received.
At Djirra, we place great value on people who get on easily and well with others, and most importantly, who have an understanding of Aboriginal culture and community. We are looking for people with relevant qualifications, skills and experience who can bring with them their networking, liaising and community outreach experience.
All employees are required to have an employee Working with Children Check and undergo a National Police Records Check and if required an International Police Check.
Benefits
- Conveniently located a few hundred metres from the Eastern Freeway entrance and Victoria Park train station and nearby to some great cafes and restaurants
- Cultural Safety training in both formal and informal settings is provided
- Opportunity for progression
- Generous salary packaging options available.