The workforce of Family Safety Victoria have come together from across government, family violence, human services and private sectors to focus together on a common vision to end family violence. With diverse professional and practice lineages comes diverse experiences, understandings, and expectations of organisational life.
Many of the individuals who are attracted to working at Family Safety Victoria bring a great deal of passion to their work and are personally driven by the mission to end family violence. This intrinsic motivation means that employees are highly engaged by the work they do and many invest a great deal of personal energy in it.
Our workforce statistics
Our workforce statistics
Our workforce statistics
Our workforce statistics
Our workforce statistics
Our workforce statistics
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- In July 2021 Family Safety Victoria employed 297 people
- 21% work at locations outside metro Melbourne
- 79% work at locations within metro Melbourne
- 31% of employees work in The Orange Door
- 69% of employees work in the central office
- 85% feel proud to work for Family Safety Victoria
- 92% believe the organisation would support them if they needed to take family violence leave
- 77% believe there is a positive culture of diversity and inclusion
- 77% feel culturally safe at work
- 74% feel safe to speak up about inappropriate behaviour
- 84% of our employees are female
- 80% of our people managers are female
- 100% of our executives are female
- 3% of our employees identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
- 14% speak a language other than English at home
- 33% have worked at FSV for less than one year
- 21% of our employees work for us under a part-time arrangement
- The average age of employees is 42 years. Only 11% are aged under 30 years and 14% are aged over 55 years
- 62% are satisfied with their work/life balance
- 52% are satisfied with their learning and development at FSV
- 47% feel that their workload is appropriate for the job they do
- 51% believe their work performance is assessed against clear criteria
Source: Family Safety Victoria Employment Data and 2021 People Matter Survey
Updated