Role of The Orange Door

The Orange Door delivers a fundamental change to the way we work with women, children and families, and men. The role of The Orange Door is to provide:

• a more visible contact point so that people know where to go for specialist support
• help for people to identify family violence and child and family safety and wellbeing issues
• advice based on contemporary risk assessment tools and guidance and best available information
• specialist support and tailored advice for victims, families and children, and perpetrators
• a strong focus on perpetrator accountability
• connection and coordination of access to support
• an approach across the spectrum of prevention, early intervention and response
• a system-wide view of service capacity, client experience and outcomes.

The Orange Door supports the agency of women, children and families, to ensure that the services they receive meet their needs and their goals.

• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Industry Award 2010
• Part Time 0.8EFT_ Fixed Term (12 months) Possibility of Extension
• $41.89 per hour plus 9.5% Superannuation
• Access to Salary Packaging

The Orange Door Team

The Orange Door brings together different workforces and practices to create an integrated The Orange Door team and a consolidated intake point in each The 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 children.

This is achieved by drawing on the expertise of CSOs and bringing together workers from organisations that currently:

• receive police referrals for women who are victims of family violence
• receive police referrals for perpetrators of family violence (known as ‘Enhanced Intake Services’)
• receive child wellbeing referrals
• provide the Child FIRST service
• deliver other relevant services as appropriate, such as those delivered by Aboriginal services.

The Orange Door Team includes a mix of staff employed by FSV and staff employed by CSOs, Aboriginal services and DHHS.

The Aboriginal Hub Practitioner will be part of two teams – The Orange Door Team and the BDAC Family Safety Program.

Key Selection Criteria

• Must identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Persons
• Strong contemporary knowledge of Aboriginal culture, aspirations and self-determination: has a strong understanding of the local service delivery environment for Aboriginal children and families and communities in the local area. Additional recognition will given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.
• Strong analytical, organisational and coordinating skills. Effectiveness in developing tasks and managing resources to achieve targets within set timeframes.
• Works collaboratively to drive cultural change: has a clear concept of the culture required to deliver effective, culturally safe and responsive services for Aboriginal people within an integrated practice context; delivers innovative practices that enhance quality outcomes for Aboriginal people; understands how to build and establish effective support networks.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and expert knowledge and experience within Aboriginal services: has established expertise and capability to lead and embed culturally safe and responsive practice as part of an integrated service model of collaborative service delivery and quality clinical practice in the Hubs; has highly developed negotiation and relationship building skills; understands the role of the law and legal system in the context of responding to family violence; has knowledge of practice with Aboriginal women, children, families, victims and perpetrators of family violence.
• Relationship building: establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across business areas, functions and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values and communication; minimises surprises.
• Initiative and accountability: proactive and self-starting; seizes opportunities and acts upon them; takes responsibility for own actions.
• Preferred Training - A recognised Social Work Degree or Community Services qualification, and/or extensive relevant work experience.

For more information about the position, please refer to the position description or contact the Human Resource Team on 03 5442 4947.

This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under 'special measures' of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply