Specialist DFV Advocate in Brisbane

Micah Projects is a community based not-for-profit organisation with a vision to create justice and respond to injustice at the personal, social, and structural levels in church, government, business, and society. We believe that every child and adult has the right to a home, an income, healthcare, education, safety, dignity, and connection with their community of choice. Micah Projects provides a range of support and advocacy services to individuals and families.

BDVS is the specialist domestic violence service for the Brisbane metropolitan region, funded by the Department of Justice and Attorney General to provide free and confidential services to adults and children impacted by domestic and family violence. BDVS focuses on achieving safety and stability for the individuals and families we support.

Working from contemporary evidence-based best practice models, BDVS provides an array of services including:

• crisis and case management
• outreach
• groups
• safety planning
• court support
• information and referral
• programs for men who perpetrate DFV
• psycho-social education on the dynamics of domestic and family violence

BDVS operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from various locations across Brisbane. We are committed to ensuring the service is accessible and inclusive by providing outreach and mobile services that meet people in safe and suitable locations, whether at home or in the community.

In leading the Brisbane Region High Risk Team and promoting cross-agency partnerships and collaborations at a local level, BDVS works within an integrated response framework across all programs and activities. This aims to facilitate and coordinate appropriate and consistent responses to women and children affected by domestic and family violence and provide consistent responses to perpetrators that support victim safety, including appropriate responses for victims in high-risk situations.

BDVS is committed to recognising diverse relationships, family structures, and unique circumstances of each person's experience in the context of culture, socio-economic status, health and disability status, and sexual orientation.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Advocate to work as part of the BDVS team to support people affected by domestic and family violence to live free from abuse and promote change within community and systems to achieve safety, equality, and respect. This is a full-time employment opportunity at Level 5 of the SCHADS Award.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote a culture of respect, safety, and trauma informed approaches.
• Support victims of domestic and family violence using a trauma informed approach.
• Provide emotional support and specialist psychoeducation to people who have experienced DFV on the dynamics and risk of domestic and family violence.
• Provide comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning using evidence-based tools.
• Demonstrated experience in working with people experiencing a crisis, including conducting risk assessments and developing plans around safety and needs identified.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply current theory and practice relating to domestic and family violence and a gendered analysis of this issue, including using a trauma informed approach to support and advocacy.
• Demonstrated ability to work with both government and non-government agencies in a case coordination model.
• Knowledge of or ability to rapidly acquire technical understanding of relevant legislation and regulations, specifically: The Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 Section 5A Information Sharing, the Child Protection Act 1999, and an understanding of the Family Law Act.
• Demonstrated knowledge of culturally sensitive practice when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.

Benefits of working at Micah Projects:

• Join a well-recognised multidisciplinary organisation.
• Salary Packaging option up to $15,899, increasing your take home pay (additional meals and entertainment card option up to $2,650).
• Access to discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport for you and your family.
• Access to free and confidential Employee Assistance Program.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities, including further training.
• Access to other employee benefits, including Portable Long Service Leave (QLeave), supply of uniforms, and Flare benefits.

The deadline to receive applications is Friday 27 November 2026. Micah Projects is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all abilities and life experiences. We also encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.