Senior Multicultural Youth Worker – Specialist Family Violence

About the role

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is hiring a Senior Multicultural Youth Worker (SMYW) in Dandenong. The role provides specialist family violence case management and support to multicultural young people aged 12 to 25, working with families, specialist family violence services, statutory agencies and community partners. It is a fixed-term, part-time position of 30.4 hours per week (0.8 FTE) until June 2028, reporting to a Team Leader.

Key responsibilities

• Provide specialist family violence case management with the young person as the primary client, using trauma-informed, culturally responsive and strengths-based practice.
• Conduct intake, screening, triage and ongoing risk assessment using MARAM-aligned tools, and co-design safety plans with young people.
• Advocate and coordinate referrals across family violence, housing, health, education, legal and child protection services, and participate in care teams and case conferences.
• Deliver crisis response support when risks escalate, and support young people to navigate crisis, legal and statutory systems.
• Maintain accurate case files, case notes, risk assessments and reports, and enter information into a CRM or database.
• Take part in clinical supervision, reflective practice, service improvement and evaluation activities.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline such as social work or youth work, or extensive experience in the family violence, refugee and/or youth sector.
• Demonstrated experience of trauma-informed, youth-centred case management and of risk assessment, safety planning and risk management.
• Ability to build relationships with young people, families and communities and to coordinate across service systems.
• Knowledge of family violence legislation, MARAM, FVISS/CISS and Child Safe Standards, or ability to work within them.
• Right to work in Australia, satisfactory police record check and Working with Children Check.
• Current driver's licence, as travel throughout Victoria may be required.

What we offer

• Base salary of $105,577.68 per annum pro rata (SCHADS Level 5), plus superannuation and salary packaging.
• Annual leave loading, cultural leave options and flexible work arrangements.
• Access to mandatory training such as MARAM and child safety.

Applications close on 9 November 2026; interviews are scheduled for the week beginning 16 November 2026. Candidates must address the seven key selection criteria in their application.