- Published by:
- Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
About this resource
This resource offers practical tips and information for employers. It will help to attract and recruit highly skilled and qualified people who are passionate and motivated about working in the family violence, primary prevention and sexual assault sectors. The tips in this resource apply to a range of roles in the sectors, including leadership roles.
The resource includes:
- tips and strategies to make recruitment practices more inclusive and recruiting for diversity
- advice about writing position descriptions and job advertisements
- advice for where and how to advertise jobs
- information about how to talk about qualification requirements in the family violence sector
- tips about screening and selecting candidates, interviews, onboarding and induction processes
- tools you can use to help with attraction and recruitment, including social media tiles, videos and links to other resources.
The resource draws together existing tools, links and helpful tips into one place to help organisations recruit well. It is not a static resource; we will update it regularly.
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing acknowledges the expertise and knowledge of those organisations and individuals who have contributed to this resource including:
- Safe and Equal
- No To Violence
- Sexual Assault Services Victoria
- Victim Survivors' Advisory Council members
Contact us
For more information, to discuss support or training needs, or to get in touch with the Centre for Workforce Excellence, please email: cwe@dffh.vic.gov.au.
Recruitment challenges and best practice
Video clips from the 2021 Recruitment Insights event on best practice recruitment and key challenges
Recruiting for diversity
Tips to ensure your recruitment processes are inclusive and culturally safe.
Recruiting First Nations people
Tips to ensure your recruitment practices are culturally safe for First Nations people
Lived experience in the workplace
Tips for recruiting people with lived experience of family violence or sexual assault
Planning your recruitment
Tips to plan recruitment, including developing position descriptions
Sourcing candidates
Tips to advertise jobs and find candidates
Resources to support your recruitment and job ads
Videos, social media tiles, sample social media posts and more resources to support your recruitment processes
Screening and selecting
Tips and strategies for screening and interviewing potential candidates
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