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Senior Practitioners x3 - Child Wellbeing - The Orange Door

Anglicare Victoria
  • Work at the NEW Orange Door, Werribee
  • 3 x Permanent full time roles available
  • Benefit from structured support, training, development and career stability

About the Program

A key recommendation of the Royal Commission and the Roadmap for Reform was to establish a network of Support and Safety Hubs (‘Hubs’) across Victoria to provide a new way for women, children and young people experiencing family violence, and families who need assistance with the care and wellbeing of children to access the services they need to be safe and supported. These Hubs are known as The Orange Door. The Orange Door delivers a fundamental change to the way we work with women, children and families, and men.

The Orange Doors brings together different workforces and practices to create an integrated Orange Door team and a consolidated intake point in each Orange Door area to create a new way of support for:

  • Women, children, young people and families experiencing family violence;
  • Perpetrators of family violence;
  • Families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of infants, children and young people.

The Position

The Orange Door Senior Practitioners will work as part of an integrated team to provide specialist support to perpetrators, adults, children and young people who are experiencing or have experienced family violence and families who need extra support with the care of children. In this role you will be responsible for the provision of services to Children and Young People entering The Orange Door.

As a Senior Practitioner you will support people with advice with a focus on risk assessment, engagement, provision of an initial response and as a source of information to people referred to the Hub. You will work collaboratively as part of an integrated practice approach to respond to family violence and children and family vulnerability concerns through the provision of;

  • Screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions;
  • Allocation services and coordination of referrals;
  • Collaborative working with the Hub team to support integrated risk assessment and planning, including participating in case conferences, meetings and the resolution of stakeholder issues.

As a senior practitioner additional responsibility will also include:

  • Carrying a level of responsibility for decision making to Identify, assess and prioritise risk and needs of women and children, families and perpetrators;
  • Management of Caseloads as a lead practitioner or support worker if required.

About you

You are someone with:

  • Experience working with vulnerable children and young people
  • A relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Early Childhood Specialist and/or related behavioural sciences at degree level with substantial experience; or associate diploma level with substantial experience in the relevant service stream
  • Demonstrated experience working with children and families and/or family violence where there are complex needs and risk issues
  • Resilience to work with and support clients who have been exposed to trauma
  • Demonstrated ability to identify, assess and prioritise risks and needs of clients in a whole of family approach
  • The ability to recognise and identify limits of own expertise and to seek advice or refer clients to other specialists.

What you get in return

  • A Salary or $92,694 to $96,804 plus super plus salary packaging (Level 6 SCHCADS)
  • Office location: Werribee
  • A senior level role, mentoring and supporting Orange Door Practitioners
  • 9am-5pm hours based at The Orange Door
  • Access to discounted health insurance, free Employee Assistance, Salary Packaging and a range of other employment benefits supporting your physical and mental health
  • Professional development, training, support and a culture of inclusivity and resilience
  • Our Rainbow Tick Accreditation
  • Support from Practice Leaders and Team Leaders to support your growth and develop your skills

Ready to take the next step:

You can take a peek at the full position description here.

To apply for this position please click apply and submit your application.

You will also be requested to attach your resume and a cover letter that describes your passion and motivation to apply.

If you have any questions at all please call Paul Ridley on 03 9412 6078 or email [email protected], using the subject line: Senior Practitioners x3 - Child Wellbeing - The Orange Door enquiry via EthicalJobs.

 

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