Family Violence Specialist Advisor - Mental Health

at  Mercy Health

The role is in a growth area within the city of Melbourne but is also on the urban fringe to regional Victoria and within driving distance to the beach, City, Coast, & Country. Access to great private and public schools, multiple universities within the region, access to activities that cater from young children to older people (walking sites, open range zoo, historical buildings and ethnically diverse restaurants)

ABOUT US:

Mercy Mental Health supports people in south west metropolitan Melbourne with severe and complex mental illnesses by providing acute and community-based care. Services are available to adults through acute inpatient programs, residential rehabilitation programs and crisis and community recovery-focused treatment programs. We also offer inpatient and community specialist perinatal mental health services to women and infants in western Victoria.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation employing over 8500 people who provide compassionate and holistic care through our acute hospitals, aged care facilities, mental health programs, palliative and respite services, maternity and women’s health services, early parenting services and home care services.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

The SFVA uses their knowledge and expertise of the family violence sector to assist staff at MMH&WS to navigate the specialist family violence service systems, provide information on best practice and ensure that appropriate policy and governance frameworks are in place.