Organisation: YFS Ltd
Location: Logan
YFS has an opportunity for a woman or non-binary identifying person to join our well-established Responsible Men facilitation team.
YFS offers behaviour intervention programs and initiatives working holistically with men using abusive and controlling behaviours to facilitate a process of reflection on the attitudes and beliefs that drive these harmful behaviours. Funded by the Department of Justice and Attorney General, our group programs are grounded in the Duluth Framework, prioritising risk and safety for adults and children experiencing violence.
YFS’ Responsible Men team is looking for a Behaviour Change Facilitator to join them to deliver group programs for men who are wanting to take responsibility to live a non-violent life. The core Responsible Men group is a 22-week open-ended program for men who have used abusive and controlling behaviours towards their intimate partner. Our Responsible Fathers group is a 16-week follow-up behaviour change program for men who have completed a previous behaviour change program and are focused on making changes as parents. Men engaging in our programs can also access our in-house Men’s Counsellor for therapeutic support as part of an innovate pilot trial.
If you’ve got what it takes to guide men through a non-judgemental journey of accountability and critical self-reflection, this could be the role for you. You will work alongside an experienced facilitation team and receive ongoing professional development as part of our innovative, best-practice program recently evaluated by Griffith University.
Benefits of working at YFS
Work alongside an experienced and inclusive team of facilitators and advocates
Be part of an innovative, place-based service that values ongoing evaluation and evidence-based responses
Receive best-practice clinical supervision, including group observations and supportive debriefing with your dedicated Program Manager
Access paid external supervision and free professional and confidential mental health and wellbeing support through EAP Assure
Access the SPEAQ Community of Practice series through YFS’ membership
Opportunities to contribute to research, advocacy, and sector development
This is a full-time position dependent on your facilitation level and experience.
About the job
Role location: Slacks Creek.
Role type: Permanent full-time – 38 hours/week (Mon-Fri) with a minimum of one night 12-8:30pm
Role description – Behaviour Change Facilitator (download PDF)
Role description – Behaviour Change Facilitator Emerging (download PDF)
Pay range: $85,393 to $102,114 a year/$43.08 to $51.51 an hour (pro rata) based on experience and role offered, with salary packaging up to $15,990 per financial year exempt from Fringe Benefits Tax available.
In this role you will:
Facilitate group work with men in either our Responsible Men and/or Responsible Fathers group programs.
Work with diverse groups of men in Logan, including working towards effective and safety engagements with men who are First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse, and men identifying as part of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Prioritise women and children’s safety through collaborative risk management.
Contribute to an integrated system response to domestic violence, working with a variety of stakeholders in Logan, including both government and non-government organisations.
Need to be familiar and work in accordance with legislation and practice principles, standards and guidelines
Have a deep understanding of the gendered nature of domestic violence and evidence that you have applied this understanding in your practice
Be available for one evening each week, working from 12noon-8:30pm on that day.
About you
Aside from meeting the key capabilities outlined in the related role description available from https://www.yfs.org.au/work-for-us/, you’ll be a great fit if:
- You bring an understanding of gendered violence and a feminist practice framework
- You have a collaborative team approach to enhancing the safety of DFV victim-survivors (primarily women and children
- You have a person-centred and trauma-responsive approach to men who have used violence and have complex histories and needs to increase their motivation to change
- You are interested in trying new, innovated approaches to meet the demands of the Logan community.
Interested?
Send your resume and a one-page covering letter outlining what you will bring to the job to [email protected].
For more information, contact Brodie on 07 3826 1500.
