Team Leader, Adults Using Family Violence

About the role

Meli is recruiting a Team Leader, Adults Using Family Violence, based within The Orange Door Barwon. The role brings together specialist family violence and child and family practice to support safe, coordinated responses for adults using family violence, women, children and families. It guides practitioners through complex risk assessment and decision-making, strengthens consistent and culturally safe practice, and works with practice leaders, partner agencies and management to build team capability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead an integrated team delivering safe, accountable and high-quality family violence responses.
• Strengthen risk assessment and management using frameworks such as MARAM and the Best Interests Case Practice Model.
• Guide practitioners working with adults using family violence, challenging collusion and minimisation while keeping risk and accountability central.
• Build team capability through professional supervision, practice leadership and collaboration with partner agencies.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Human Services or equivalent, or working towards it under the Royal Commission recommendation.
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in specialist family violence, particularly intake and assessment services.
• Demonstrated experience leading and supervising a team in a complex service delivery environment.
• Comprehensive understanding of family violence, sector reforms and relevant legislation, and of the gendered nature of family violence.
• Experience working with adults using family violence and advanced risk assessment and management skills.

Required skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to build relationships internally and externally and write and speak clearly.
• Ability to develop processes and systems that improve service quality and sustainability.

What we offer

• Salary of $125,022 per year plus superannuation and salary packaging.
• Flexible ways of working and career growth with learning and development opportunities.
• Employee assistance program, inclusion working groups and paid parental leave above the government scheme.

The position is full time, fixed term until 7 January 2028, at 1 FTE (76 hours per fortnight). Applications close 25 November 2026 and include a resume and answers to the selection criteria; the process involves a written application, a phone call and a panel interview.