Children & Young Persons Practice Leader Orange Door
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Job Summary
- Permanent Full time based at Dandenongbut with regular to travel to Orange Door sites within Southern Melbourne Cranbourne and Pakenham
- Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15900 salary packaging benefits!
- Help team build capability to engage with Children and Young people who are experiencing Family Violence
Your new role
As the Children and Young Persons Practice Leader you will be responsible for providing expert practice leadership on engaging children and young people assessing risk and needs for the infant child young person and family and supporting interventions for infants children and young people impacted by family violence and/or experiencing vulnerabilities due to other factors.
You will proactively build the capability across The Orange Door workforce as a whole working collaboratively to engage with children and young people to ensure that the experiences and voices of children and young people inform the service response in line with The Orange Door Service Model and Best Interests Case Practice Model.
About the Orange Door Program
The Orange Door will deliver a fundamental change to the way we work with women children and families and men. The Orange Door will bring 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.
As an integrated model The Orange Door Team will include a mix of staff employed by local Community Service Organisations together with Family Safety Victoria and DFFH. Each organisation will employ a range of staff including Specialist Practice Leaders who will lead the delivery of high quality safe and effective service responses to Victorians seeking support and services through The Orange Door. The Practice Leaders provide consultation and advanced practice leadership and support to practitioners across the whole program.
Each Practice Leader role is employed by a different partner organisation however work closely with one another and as a part of the wider Orange Door Team. The Partner organisations for the Orange Door in the South are Uniting WAYSS Anglicare VACCA Anglicare and DDACL.
Benefits of working at Uniting
Our work isnt easy but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.
In addition to your salary SCHADS Level 8 super you can access the following.
- Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
- Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
- Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
Your skills and experience
- Professional clinical experience and relevant qualification(s) in social work psychology or a related discipline is essential.
- Current Australian drivers license
- A strong knowledge and understanding of the drivers/causes of family violence and child and family vulnerability as well as the child and family services and/or broader social services sector and their fundamental practices and theories is required.
- Demonstrated experience in leading practice within complex service delivery contexts particularly multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to the provision of services to vulnerable children families and diverse communities is required
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. Well review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.
For any questions reach out to Amanda Exley at
About Uniting
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children at all times. As a child safe organisation employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.
Through the recruitment process we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional however it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal a person with disability from a diverse background or LGBT. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.
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