Specialist Family Violence Financial Counsellor

Established in 1979, Mallee Family Care is a place-based agency delivering 70+ programs and services to meet the diverse needs of our community, across a catchment area of more than 160,000 km².

If you’re passionate about improving outcomes in the lives of children, families and individuals, and in building stronger communities, we would like to hear from you.

Mallee Family Care supports professional development and offers generous salary packaging and paid placements where appropriate.

We are committed to building an organisation that reflects the diversity of the communities we support.

As an Equal Opportunity employer, we invite applications from people of all walks of life. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), LGBTQIA+, and people living with a disability are encouraged to apply for our roles.

Position Objectives

The Mallee Family Care Community Legal Centre (MFC-CLC) offers free, confidential legal advice, information, referral pathways, policy review and advocacy, casework and community legal education to vulnerable people in the Northern and Southern Mallee areas of Victoria and Southwest New South Wales.

The MFC-CLC includes a Domestic Violence Program.

The specialised service is part of the Health Justice Partnership initiative of the Victorian Government and is a partner with Mallee Sexual Assault Service-Mallee Domestic Violence Service. A requirement is to build upon and extend this partnership in order to improve legal responses for clients.

The Financial Counsellor will work as part of the MFC-CLC Team to provide wrap-around support to clients of the Centre. The Financial Counsellor is expected to work closely with the CLC team, the Leadership and staff to support the development and review of the MFC-CLC Service Delivery model which is based on a health justice framework to provide holistic and integrated service

This is a Part Time role (EFT 0.6) and is Fixed Term until 30 June 2027

Position Description Specialist Family Violence Financial Counsellor Aug 26

Qualifications and Experience:

• Highly desirable: a Diploma of Financial Counselling which provides eligibility for membership of Financial Counselling Victoria (FCVic) and experience in a financial counselling role.
• Or be currently studying a Diploma of Community Services or Financial Counselling, have case management experience or be willing to undertake further on-line study to obtain the Diploma of Financial Counselling (at own cost).
• A current driver’s licence and a willingness to travel and preparedness to be accommodated overnight when required.

For you to be considered for this role, all applications must be submitted with a Cover Letter, Resume and the Key Selection Criteria addressed, which can be found in the position description.

For more information regarding this position please contact Maree Fullgrabe – Human Resource Manager on 5023 5966