Team Leader - Family Violence

About the role

The Team Leader Family Violence provides leadership, supervision and professional guidance to Senior Multicultural Youth Workers (including multi-disciplinary and specialist practitioners) within the Family Violence portfolio. The role ensures high-quality, evidence-based services for young people, their families and communities, and covers program oversight, budget management, performance monitoring and reporting. It sits under the Program Manager Youth Support and is based in Carlton, with possible travel to Dandenong and Sunshine.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and guide staff working with multicultural young people and families in complex, high-risk situations
• Support staff to deliver trauma-informed, culturally responsive, strengths-based, youth-led practice
• Evaluate team and individual skills and competencies and support their development
• Facilitate case discussions, reflective practice and team meetings covering risk assessment, case management and crisis response
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and represent CMY in family violence and youth work networks
• Coordinate information sharing and risk management in line with MARAM, FVISS and CISS requirements
• Take a lead on MARAM alignment across the organisation and take part in monitoring, reviewing and reporting
• Deliver youth support and casework services consistent with policy and approved systems

Required profile

• Demonstrated experience leading and supervising practitioners delivering family violence case management, including risk assessment, safety planning and service coordination
• Experience working with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, with a culturally safe, strengths-based approach
• Understanding of risk assessment, child safety and family violence legislation, MARAM, FVISS/CISS
• Tertiary qualification in a related field such as youth or social work, community development or education, or at least 5 years of equivalent experience
• Right to work in Australia, satisfactory police record check and Working with Children Check
• Current driver's licence, as travel throughout Victoria is required

Required skills

• High-level organisational, analytical and time management skills, including budget and reporting management
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with diverse stakeholders
• Computer literacy across Microsoft Office, CRM and data management systems

What we offer

• SCHADS Level 6.1 base salary of $115,339.12 per year plus superannuation and salary packaging
• Annual leave loading, cultural leave options and flexible work arrangements
• Fixed term until 31 December 2027, 38 hours per week

Applications close on 9 November 2026; interviews are scheduled for the week beginning 16 November 2026. Applicants must address the key selection criteria in their application, and shortlisted candidates undergo child safety screening.