Hub Team Leader - Orange Door

VACCA; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging to increase take-home

17.5% annual leave loading

Agency vehicles for work travel

Employee wellbeing programs

Paid parental leave after 12 months

Professional development and training

Fitness Passport access

Job summary

VACCA in Melbourne is seeking a Team Leader to supervise a multi-disciplinary family violence and child wellbeing team. You will provide day-to-day supervision, guidance, and oversight, ensuring culturally informed assessments and safety planning.

You will monitor workload, support staff development, and drive continuous practice improvements with a focus on Aboriginal cultural safety, while coordinating with external partners to deliver integrated family support.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a team of practitioners in family violence or child wellbeing settings.
• Understanding of Aboriginal cultures and commitment to cultural safety.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and safeguarding in child and family welfare.
• Ability to collaborate across a multi-disciplinary service network.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day supervision, practice guidance and operational oversight to a team of practitioners.
• Monitor team performance and workload to ensure timely responses to families.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of practice with a focus on Aboriginal cultural safety.
• Collaborate with VACCA's network and external partners to coordinate integrated family support.

Skills

Supervision

Leadership

Cultural safety

Risk assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification

Job description

Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency – Werribee VIC

22h ago , from Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency VACCA

The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is an Aboriginal Community-Controlled organisation that supports and advocates for the Aboriginal Community and is the largest organisation of its kind in Australia. The VACCA team is committed to the organisation’s visions and values, passionately providing support, service and advocacy for our children and other vulnerable members of the community.

Our strength lies with our people.

About the role

Sitting within The Orange Door network, you'll provide day-to-day supervision, practice guidance, and operational oversight to a team of practitioners working across family violence and child wellbeing responses. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supervising and supporting practitioners to deliver high-quality, culturally informed assessments and safety planning
• Monitoring team performance and workload allocation to ensure timely, consistent responses to families
• Contributing to continuous improvement of practice, with a strong lens on Aboriginal cultural safety
• Collaborating with VACCA's broader service network and external partners to coordinate integrated support for families

Team Leaders will receive support and guidance from Orange Door Practice Leaders and the Family Violence Program Manager

About You

• Demonstrated awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal societies and cultures, and commitment to continually build knowledge of such, along with a high level of awareness of the key issues which impact upon Aboriginal communities
• Understanding of family violence issues, specifically the impact on Aboriginal victims/survivors, children and families, with a focus on risk assessment and management.
• Demonstrated positive working relationships with other agencies in a service network, including experience in shared casework, or group work.
• Strong conflict resolution skills and ability to apply problem solving in a culturally respectful manner.
• Comprehensive understanding of confidentiality and mandatory reporting provisions
• Demonstrate leadership knowledge and skills that will enable the supervision and support of a team based within a multi-disciplinary intake and assessment service and ensure cultural respectful working environment.
• The minimum qualification for this role is a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification or willingness to get it OR significant relevant professional experience or have a related qualification relevant to child and family welfare as per the mandatory minimum qualifications for family violence practitioners.

Requirements

• Valid Police Check, a Victorian Working with Children’s Check for a paid employee (or willingness to obtain) and a Victorian Driver Licence. Current COVID-19 vaccination (Strongly Recommended)

What we can offer you

• A supportive environment that includes comprehensive induction
• The support of regular internal supervision
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Attractive salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• 17.5% loading on annual leave
• Access to agency vehicles for all work-related travel
• Access to Employee support and wellbeing programs
• Paid parental leave after 12 months of ongoing employment
• Opportunity to work and build connection with the Aboriginal Community and culture
• Fitness Passport - allowing you (and your family) access to any of the facilities available on this program

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply

Application closes by December 06, 2026

We are committed to Aboriginal self-determination and supporting strong, safe, thriving Aboriginal communities and aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity, honouring all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.

VACCA is a child-safe organisation and is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people with zero tolerance for child abuse. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a National Police Record Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement of employment and periodically following commencement.

VACCA is an equal opportunity employer and has a smoke-free workplace policy