Orange Door Senior Practitioner

Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited

Dandenong, Melbourne VIC

Child Welfare, Youth and Family Services (Community Services and Development)

Full time

SCHADS Level 6 + Super + Salary Packaging

Opportunity to lean into Team Leadership responsibilities as required

Mentor and support new team members and social work student placements

Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to 15,900 salary packaging benefit

Permanent full time | Based at Dandenong

About the program

The Orange Door Program brings together workforces from Community Service organisations, Aboriginal Services, Family Safety Victoria and DFFH, to deliver an integrated practice model and a consolidated intake point for:

Women, children, young people, and families who are experiencing or have experienced family violence

People who use violence

Families requiring support with the care, development and wellbeing of unborn babies, infants, children, and young people

Uniting focuses on providing services to vulnerable families who require extra support with the care, development and wellbeing of unborn babies, infants, children and young people.

Your new role

As an Orange Door Senior Practitioner, working in a multidisciplinary integrated Orange Door agency team, you will deliver quality, safe, and effective responses to children, young people, and families experiencing family violence. Working across more complex presentations across a range of issues incl. substance abuse, behaviour change, disability, etc. you will deliver intake support via phone, within the Orange Door site and through outreach visits.

As Senior Practitioner you will lean in on and be supported with Team Leadership responsibilities as needed. You will act as proxy in various integration, agency and funder meetings and also be involved in audits, quality improvement activities and other projects and tasks.

In addition, you will:

Manage an active caseload

Mentor and support newer team members including being responsible for Social Work student placements

Delivery screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordinated referrals

Work collaboratively to support integrated risk assessment and planning

Refer clients to services within the broader service system and provide them information and support

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of SCHADS Level 6 + super, you can access the following.

Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!

Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).

Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.

We recognise contributions with our annual awards programme!

Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

Your skills and experience

You are keen to progress your career into leadership and seek an organisation that will provide you the support and opportunity. You enjoy imparting your knowledge and experience to newer practitioners through mentoring activities.

Degree in Social Work or other qualification in family violence or related discipline that meets Australian Qualification Framework [AQF] Level 7 [bachelor, graduate certificate or masters degree];

or hold a diploma in a discipline related to family violence and be in the process of working towards a qualification that meets the MMQ;

or have at least 2 years relevant professional experience and be in the process working towards a qualification that meets the MMQ;

or have been working in a specialist family violence role prior to July 2021.

Experience, skills, and capabilities in child, youth, and families welfare particularly working with complex cases

Well-developed risk assessment and management skills

Understanding of the broader service system referral pathways

Sound understanding of the MARAM Framework, Best Interests Principles and the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005

Valid and current Driver’s Licence

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For any questions, email Gillian Wealands, on gillian.wealands@vt.uniting.org