Join our Family Services Team.

• Opportunity to lean into Team Leadership responsibilities as required
• Mentor and support new team members and social work student placements
• Permanent Full-time position | Based at Cranbourne
• Salary – SCHADS Level 6 + Super + Salary packaging
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!

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

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.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

• Working in a large values-led organisation with real community impact.
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• Save on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 weeks for secondary).
• An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave.
• Opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.

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.

You will bring:

• Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements for specialist family violence practitioners
• 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

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, please reach out to Robyn Barton on 0403 448 583 for a chat

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are an inclusive, values-led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. We embed child safety in everything we do. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.

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