• Broadmeadows and Eaglemont base location, Wurundjeri Country
• Full time, permanent position
• Salary package equivalent up to $133k pa (inclusive of base salary range $108-113k, super and salary packaging)

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2022: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

The Opportunity

Berry Street's Northern Specialist Family Violence Service provides a Specialist Family Violence team within The Orange Door (Hume Moreland Area) as an initiative resulting per Recommendations 37 and 38 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence.

The fundamental function of The Orange Door (also known as the Support and Safety Hub) is to:

• Be a more visible and accessible contact point for service users requiring specialist support.
• Provide help for people to identify family violence and child wellbeing issues.
• Support to access justice and legal support.
• Offer advice based on contemporary risk assessment tools and guidance.
• Provide specialist support and tailored advice for victim survivors, families and children, and perpetrators.
• Connection and coordination of access to support.
• A system wide view of service capacity, client experience and outcomes.  

This role manages the team at our Hume Moreland Orange Door. The exact locations of the Orange Door are still to be finalised but will be based across the Hume and Moreland Local Government Areas. This role will be based across our Eaglemont Site, the Hume Moreland Orange Door and any access points developed in the network.

Key Responsibilities

The primary purpose of this role is to work in partnership with Family Safety Victoria and other community services organisations to provide effective, efficient and professional operational management of the team in The Orange Door. The Program Manager will;

• Manage day to day operations within a Matrix Management model
• Represent Berry Street at key internal Orange Door meetings
• Provide daily leadership to embed the Vision for The Orange Door
• Promote service excellence and support the team to provide high quality and timely service to the community.
• Provide line management and supervision to practice leaders and team leaders.

About You

You will hold a tertiary qualification (minimum Bachelor level) in Social Work, Psychology, Welfare or related discipline and have an understanding of the gendered nature of family violence and its impact on victim survivors and their children. Our ideal candidate will have experience in managing multiple stakeholders and in managing a program within a complex community service organisation.

The Benefits

• Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
• Flexible work arrangements and generous leave conditions.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.

How to Apply

Applications must include a resume and cover letter.

Queries to Renaye Kelleher, Assistant Director on 03 9450 4700.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify with a sexual and or gender minority identity. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.