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Family Violence Practitioner resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what family violence practitioners actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most family violence practitioners should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Family Violence Practitioner with experience in risk assessment, safety planning and crisis support for adults and children affected by family violence. Skilled in applying the MARAM framework, coordinating with police, courts, housing and child protection, and maintaining accurate case records. Committed to trauma informed practice and client centred advocacy.
Key skills
- Family violence risk assessment using MARAM
- Safety planning and crisis response
- Case management and client support
- Trauma informed counselling
- Advocacy with police, courts, housing and child protection
- Mandatory reporting and regulatory compliance
- Client management systems (CIMS, CRIS, SAVVI)
- Stakeholder management and community engagement
- Written communication and case notes
- Microsoft Office
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted family violence risk assessments for a caseload of 25 clients, using MARAM to identify immediate safety needs and prioritise referrals.
- Developed and reviewed safety plans with clients, reducing repeat crisis presentations by coordinating housing and police referrals across a 12 month period.
- Advocated for clients in court and with child protection, securing intervention order variations and child contact arrangements that reflected assessed risk.
- Maintained accurate case notes in CIMS and SAVVI, passing internal audits with no compliance issues across a 40 case file review.
- Provided crisis counselling and referrals for families, with several clients moving from emergency accommodation to stable housing within three months.
Education
A bachelor degree in social work, psychology, counselling or a related social science is the most common entry point, with many practitioners holding a postgraduate qualification; diploma level qualifications are also recognised alongside sector experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- MARAM
- family violence risk assessment
- safety planning
- trauma informed practice
- mandatory reporting
- child protection
- intervention order
- family violence safety notice
- Working with Children Check
- National Police Check
- CIMS
- CRIS
- SAVVI
- FVISS
- CISS
- case management
- crisis support
- advocacy
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.