Clinical Lead - Family Violence, Homelessness & Therapeutic Services

Please note - This is an active recruitment campaign, and applications are being reviewed and shortlisted for interview as they are received. This means that the advertisement may be withdrawn prior to the end date.

Who is Windermere?

Windermere improves lives by working closely with individuals and families to find solutions for complex situations.

Since 1992 we have operated across Victoria and each year we assist over 20,000 people to live the lives they dream of.  We provide support and guidance in the areas of family and parenting, homelessness, disability services, early childhood intervention and education, community strengthening and victims of crime, assault and trauma. Read more about our services here: www.windermere.org.au/services

What are the specifics of the role?

Our Family Violence, Homelessness & Therapeutic Services program is excited to have a rare opportunity to join our high performing and dedicated team on a fixed term 12 Month contract 0.6 FTE (3 days per week – 22.8 hours per week).  We are seeking a dedicated, passionate and experienced Clinical Lead who can bring their specialist knowledge and expertise to our Family Violence, Homelessness & Therapeutic Services role.

This newly created role will join our multi-disciplinary team that includes Counsellors, Specialist Family Violence Practitioners and Homelessness Practitioners to provide high quality, collaborative, trauma informed, specialised counselling and therapeutic support to victims of family violence to support their journey toward healing and recovery. The Clinical Lead will be responsible of holding a smaller caseload providing therapeutic interventions to victim survivors, while also providing high-quality clinical advice and guidance within the scope of Specialist Family Violence and Sexual Assault service delivery to ensure specialist practice including risk assessment and management, therapeutic interventions, support plans/treatment plans are safe, trauma-informed and evidence-based.

The salary will range from $115,389.11 to $120,491.18. As Windermere is a not-for-profit organisation, employees are able to claim everyday living expenses up to $15,900 against their annual Pre-Tax Salary.  Use the salary packaging calculator available here - Salary Packaging Calculator | Accesspay 

If this sounds like the role for you, refer to Key Selection Criteria below.

Why work for Windermere?

We are an organisation with a big heart; we care about our people and strive for continuous improvement; we are committed to a culture of individualised flexibility and support.

In our May 2026 employee survey - 84.4% of our employees would recommend Windermere as a place to work and 87.7% felt we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, view the results here.

Staff Benefits and Entitlements

This is where we stand out from the crowd and Windermere offers a wide range of unique benefits such as:

• Flexible Ways of Working – a combination of office, home and outreach - Please note that Therapeutic Service delivery is face to face onsite as per funding requirements
• Above Award Personal Leave and 17.5% annual leave loading
• Gifted days off (between Christmas and New Year)
• Annual Wellbeing Leave Day - no reason needed; it's just for you!
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural and Ceremonial Leave
• Cultural and Ceremonial Leave (for all employees)
• Public Holiday Substitution - e.g. work Australia Day or Good Friday and take leave on another day.
• Employee Referral Program - $500 per referral
• Flexible Leave Scheme (50/52, 51/52) - Purchase 1-2 weeks additional leave
• Structured performance and 1-on-1 development check-ins
• Secondment and career growth opportunities
• Staff discount program for everyday items e.g. groceries, movie tickets, health insurance and more
• Reward & Recognition Program - become a Windermere All Star!
• End of Year Awards Celebration - different theme each year    
• Opportunities for professional development
• 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave, in addition to Government Funded Parental Leave Pay (PLP)   
• High-quality IT and access to fleet cars

Key Selection Criteria    

• Bachelor level qualifications in Psychology, Counselling or Social Work with proven experience within trauma, family violence and/or sexual assault fields.  Qualifications must meet the mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist Family Violence Practitioners (essential as per Recommendation 209). 
• Minimum 4 years experience in counselling, with specialist family violence and sexual assault counselling and therapeutic support highly regarded.
• Relevant Clinical Supervision training and experience providing clinical guidance to practitioners to coach and develop therapeutic practice and program excellence in alignment with best practice principles.
• Willingness to explore innovative models of service delivery and consumer practice to support the achievement of program KPI’s and high quality consumer outcomes.
• Experience in the delivery of services that aim to break the cycle of violence for adults, children and young people experiencing or recovering from family violence by enhancing coping skills and self-esteem and facilitating the development of non-violent life strategies.
• High level understanding of the impact of sexual assault and family violence and other stressors on adults and children.
• Well-developed knowledge and experience using multiple therapeutic frameworks, modalities and skills relevant to working with adults, children and young people impacted by sexual assault and family violence, with demonstrated ability to undertake therapeutic assessment, treatment planning and delivery of therapeutic interventions.
• Enhanced assessment skills including the MARAMIS framework and the practical application of FVISS/CISS to inform risk assessment and management and support planning and the ability to coach and support staff in the appropriate use of the framework to support victim survivor safety.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills. Able to maintain client files and databases. Ability to prepare written reports
• Willingness to promote and support practices that are inclusive, culturally responsive, safe and accessible.
• Current Victorian Drivers’ Licence
• Willingness to undertake relevant pre-employment screening and checks - including, Police Check, Pre-Employment Medical and Working with Children's check
• Right to Work in Australia e.g. Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or visa holder with full working rights

How to Apply

If this job excites you, then click the “Apply now” button to view the detailed Position Description and submit your application. Please also ensure you address the Key Selection Criteria in your application letter.

If you require any specific access adjustments or support within the Windermere recruitment, interview or onboarding process please contact our Recruitment Team via phone +613 8794 1349 or email opportunities@windermere.org.au using the subject line: Clinical Lead - Family Violence, Homelessness & Therapeutic Services enquiry via EthicalJobs. Please do not directly email applications, instead click the "Apply now" button.

Windermere is committed to creating equitable environments for consumers and employees.  We do this by building diverse and inclusive services and workspaces, where all peoples from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander, CALD, LGBTIQ+ Communities and those living with disability will know and feel accepted, affirmed, safe and celebrated. Windermere is delivering this through the continued development and implementation of our Welcoming and Inclusion Strategy as we seek to provide a diverse workforce at all levels.

We are proud of our Rainbow Tick accreditation and our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan which has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

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