About Us

Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service (BWAHS) are the lead specialists in Aboriginal specific family violence services across the Eastern Metropolitan Region. The organisation has developed an excellent record of providing high quality family violence and trauma informed intensive case management, integrated family service responses and evidence based therapeutic programs to individuals and groups for a whole family approach.

Full Time - Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants preferred.

BWAHS has partnered with The Orange Door (TOD) to provide culturally informed support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community members affected by family violence. The Aboriginal Practitioner role is located at the TOD office in the Inner East Metropolitan Region (Box Hill) and will provide intake, assessment and planning to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander clients.

Position Summary

The Aboriginal Practice Leader is located at The Orange Door in the Inner Eastern Metropolitan Region (Box Hill, VIC). The Aboriginal Practice Leader will work in close partnership with the Hub Manager, Practice Leaders, the Hub Practitioner and Team Leaders to lead high-quality, culturally safe and effective responses to Aboriginal people seeking support and safety through The Orange Door.

In completing intake, assessment and planning for Aboriginal community members seeking support around family violence and child well-being.

The Aboriginal Practice Leader will be responsible for providing practice leadership and expert advice to The Orange Door workforce on culturally safe and inclusive specialist family violence services, child and family services and perpetrator interventions. The Aboriginal Practice Leader will provide secondary consultation to internal and external stakeholders and proactively build cultural safety and competence in The Orange Door.

In addition, the Aboriginal Practice Leader will work with the Hub Manager and the Service System Navigator to build and maintain effective partnerships with Aboriginal services and communities within The Orange Door network to support informed choices for Aboriginal people.

Accountabilities

1. Leading and supporting culturally safe and responsive practice in The Orange Door with Aboriginal children, families and perpetrators by:
   • Providing specialist secondary case consultation and technical input on complex family violence, child and family cases and perpetrator interventions
   • Co-working and providing daily specialist practice support for the Aboriginal Hub Practitioner and (as requested and required) for team leaders.
   • Where appropriate, jointly managing a small caseload of complex and/or sensitive cases.
   • Working with The Orange Door Team leaders, Aboriginal services, community and cultural leaders to identify and resolve clinical and practice issues as they arise.
   • Operate with autonomy and accountability in supporting Aboriginal children, families and perpetrators.
2. Lead, mentor and develop Hub Practitioners and Team Leaders working with Aboriginal children, families and perpetrators by:
   • Building the capability of Hub Practitioners to deliver culturally competent responses for victim survivors, children and families and perpetrators, informed by client experience and in line with the Integrated Practice Framework and relevant legislative frameworks (including the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 and Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005).
   • Providing practitioners with relevant information and access to systems that support safe and effective responses for Aboriginal children and families as part of an integrated practice approach.
   • Modelling integrated practice approaches and behaviour, integral to ethical clinical practice working with Aboriginal children and families.
   • Supporting the professional development of practitioners in partnership with other Practice Leaders, Family Safety Victoria, Aboriginal services, CSOs, DHHS and other local workforce and training initiatives.
   • Sharing practice knowledge on Aboriginal approaches to holistic healing and whole of family practices.
   • Contributing to reflective practice with The Orange Door team, particularly in relation to working effectively with Aboriginal people.
3. Building the cultural safety of The Orange Door and supporting choice and the self-determination of Aboriginal people.
4. Liaising with and providing specialist or secondary consultation to organisations and services within The Orange Door network, in order to discuss direct service issues for Aboriginal people accessing services through The Orange Door.
5. Working with local Aboriginal governance groups to provide connection between Aboriginal services, communities and The Orange Door.
6. Supporting system and service improvement by:
   • Implementing systems and procedures that guide specialist practice responses working with Aboriginal children and families.
   • Working in partnership with the Hub Manager, Team Leaders and other partner agency managers where appropriate to foster a high quality service for Aboriginal people.
   • Providing sound judgement and authoritative advice on risks,priorities and clinical and practice matters to The Orange Door team and where relevant the Hub Manager and/or relevant Hub governance committees.
   • Participating in Communities of Practice with Aboriginal Practice Leaders across the Victorian Orange Door network.
   • Working collaboratively with the Hub Manager and the Service System Navigator to build and maintain effective partnerships with Aboriginal services to support choice for Aboriginal people.
   • Managing stakeholders through effective negotiation and influence, harnessing this network to support Aboriginal people and ensure effective operations within The Orange Door.
   • Oversee, monitor and deliver projectsthat respond to local needs, ensuringthey are delivered in a culturally safe and effective way, in accordance with self-determination and relevant legislation and government regulations and guidelines.
   • Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of your work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and the Victoria Government’s information security and privacy policies and requirements.
   • Take reasonable care for your own health and safety and the health and safety of others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements and occupational health and safety (OHS) policies and procedures.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

It is a condition of employment that BWAHS be provided with the following:

• Current Victorian Driver’s License
• Current Working with Children’s Check
• Undertake National Police Check
• Copy of Vaccination Certificate

Please contact Georgia Hooper at [email protected] using the subject line: Aboriginal Practice Leader - The Orange Door - Box Hill enquiry via EthicalJobs, for further information.

A position description is attached.