RAV is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation, with no religious affiliations.
We provide services for all members of the community.
We believe in core values that inform our practice and behaviour.
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View a list of downloadable annual reports and financial statements.
The Strategic Plan 2019-23 is the blueprint for our future.
Relationships Australia is the home of Neighbour Day, Australia's annual celebration of community.
A wide range of services to support children, young people and their families.
We offer counselling for relationships in all their aspects.
For people who have experienced violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, and those affected by the Disability Royal Commission
A service to help couples who are separating to resolve their family law disputes, including conflicts about children, parenting, financial arrangements and property settlement.
FRCs offer a range of services and programs, which are aimed at families at all stages of their life.
We provide sensitive, supportive and professional family violence services across Victoria.
Our specialist support service for people affected by forced adoption.
We address mental health at all stages, with preventative and early intervention mental health services, as well as support for families experiencing mental health difficulties.
RAV celebrates cultural diversity and is committed to providing access to all our programs for all Victorians.
Free support for people who grew up in institutional care prior to 1990, also known as Pre-1990 Care Leavers.
We offer group work and post separation parenting courses (including some for court-mandated clients).
RAV has an established reputation for quality professional training and development in FDR, couple therapy and relationship counselling.
Relationships Australia Victoria has been funded to provide support to people contemplating or going through the National Redress Scheme.
We are committed to providing targeted and effective services addressing the needs of senior Victorians and their families.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and individuals to help strengthen family relationships.
Helping to maintain and improve the health, functioning and productivity of employees and workplaces.
RAV offers a variety of relationship education courses, run in small groups.
This easy-to-complete course aims to help you keep your love relationship happy and stable.
We can tailor programs across a broad range of topics to cater varying training needs.
We have an established reputation for quality professional training in a range of areas related to family relationships.
For clinicians and practitioners working in a variety of fields in the community sector.
Our Training and Development Department delivers a range of specialist programs.
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RAV has produced a variety of publications to assist with relationship needs.
View a list of links to relevant external organisations and services.
Innovative resources to support children to deal with common difficulties in the context of important relationships.
Browse a list of books recommended by our Librarian on relationship issues.
Browse a list of answers to questions we are frequently asked.
Videos providing support on a range of topics and common challenges people face.
Information, tips and resources on a range of common family and relationship issues.
RAV can provide informed commentary on a range of relationship topics.
RAV has provided written submissions to several Royal and Human Rights Commissions.
Would you like to work for us? Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is a leading and valued provider of specialist family and relationship services. We are a community-based not-for-profit organisation, with no religious affiliations.
We offer a range of competitive, attractive and flexible employment conditions.
RAV advertises all available positions on this careers page of our website.
All employees require a satisfactory National Police Check and a current Working with Children Check.
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For clinicians and practitioners working in a variety of fields in the community sector.
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Clinical Supervision at Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) is available to qualified counsellors, psychologists, social workers, family dispute resolution practitioners (FDRPs), mediators, and practitioners working in related fields.
RAV offers supervision across a range of delivery modes and settings. We can provide one-to-one supervision in a private setting or organisational context, or group supervision in workplaces or organisations.
We can also provide group supervision to organisations or groups working in related industries.
In addition to face-to-face supervision, we offer E-Supervision, which is provided online, via video and over the telephone. The format of the supervision can be adapted to meet supervisees’ needs.
Qualified and Accredited Clinical Supervisor, Experienced FDRP and Child Consultant
Lilia Szarski is an experienced psychologist, with a Master of Education and Psychology and a background in family law. She is an accredited supervisor with the Australian Psychological Society and registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Her expertise extends to dispute resolution in both family and financial matters. She is accredited as a mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) and is an accredited FDRP registered with the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department.
She was recently the Mediation Representative on Family Court of Australia’s Chief Justice’s committee to respond to parliamentary inquiries into the operation of the Family Law Act 1992 and 2003. She is a registered supervisor across these fields of practice and has trained and supervised many emerging psychologists, FDRPs and family consultants across her career.
Experienced FDRP, Child Consultant and Supervisor
Natasha Belmont has qualifications and professional experience in Arts, Law and Psychology. She has been practising as an FDRP and child consultant for the past 10 years and training new practitioners since 2016. Natasha is accredited as a mediator under the NMAS and is an accredited FDRP with the Attorney-General’s Department. In her roles as Trainer/Assessor, and Program Leader FDR and Mediation Training at RAV, Natasha has taught and supervised new and emerging FDRPs, while also providing support and training to more experienced FDRPs and child consultants.
Experienced FDRP, Child Consultant and Supervisor
Astrid Horter has qualifications and professional experience in law and psychology, and has been practicing as a mediator, FDRP and child consultant for 20 years. Astrid is accredited as a mediator under the NMAS and is an accredited FDRP with the Attorney-General’s Department. She has trained new practitioners and emerging FDRPs since 2009, and has managed and supervised FDRPs, counsellors, child counsellors and senior practitioners in a number of different settings in the community sector.
For more information about our Clinical Supervision offerings detailed above, please complete our Expression of Interest Form below.
To enquire about group supervision for a related industry, please email us.