Integrated Practice Leader- The Orange Door

Anglicare Victoria; Greater Bendigo; On-site; AUD 127,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted health insurance

Free Employee Assistance Program

Salary packaging

Rainbow Tick Accreditation

Inclusive Employer recognition

Job summary

Anglicare Victoria is seeking an Integrated Practice Leader for The Orange Door in Bendigo. The role drives integrated practice, provides expert advice, mentors practitioners and collaborates with partner agencies to improve services for women, children and families.

The position is full-time, based in Bendigo with regional travel, offering a SCHCADS level 8 salary (AUD 140,671 plus super) and a supportive, inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience working with vulnerable families, children and young people.
• Extensive experience in leadership roles across family services, family violence, child protection, mental health or AOD.
• Strong risk assessment and risk management capabilities.
• Cross-sectoral expertise with child development, attachment and trauma theories.
• Proven ability to build partnerships and engage stakeholders.
• Commitment to culturally safe, inclusive and responsive practice.

Responsibilities

• Drive integrated practice across The Orange Door and provide practice leadership.
• Lead, mentor and develop Orange Door practitioners in integrated practice approaches.
• Identify and resolve clinical and practice issues with partner agencies.
• Model integrated practice and accountability in decision making.
• Foster high-quality service through collaboration with leadership and partner managers.
• Support continuous improvement and initiative strategies.
• Ensure brokerage is properly managed and adheres to program requirements.

Skills

Leadership experience

Risk assessment

Family violence expertise

Cross-sector collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Cultural safety

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Certificate

Master’s Degree

Job description

Integrated Practice Leader- The Orange Door

A key recommendation of the Royal Commission and the Roadmap for Reform was to establish a network of Support and Safety Hubs (‘Hubs’) across Victoria to provide a new way for women, children and young people experiencing family violence and families who need help with family functioning and the wellbeing and development of their children to access the services they need to be safe and supported. These Hubs are known as The Orange Door.

The Orange Door delivers a fundamental change to the way we work with women, children and families, and men. As an integrated service the Orange Door brings together different workforces and practices to create a whole family integrated approach, and a consolidated intake point in each Orange Door area to create a new way of support for:

• families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of infants, children and young people.


• women, children, young people and families experiencing family violence.


• perpetrators of family violence.

For more specific information about the program, position, key responsibilities and key selection criteria. Please view the positions description available here:Intergrated Practice Leader PD TOD M AW8 052023 V1.1 (2).pdf

Your role:

The Integrated Practice Leader will be responsible for driving integrated practice across The Orange Door and providing practice leadership and expert advice to The Orange Door workforce.

An integral part of this role is to build capability of practitioners to deliver integrated functions and services responding to child and family development & functioning; family violence and perpetrator interventions; in accordance with relevant frameworks. This may include:

• Providing secondary consultation in shared spaces with our partner agencies


• Leading, mentoring and developing Orange Door practitioners in integrated practice approaches and behaviours.


• Working with partner agencies, leadership and practitioners to identify and resolve clinical and practice issues.


• Modelling of integrated practice approaches through participating in key shared spaces including accountability and responsibility for decision making.


• Modelling and supporting culturally safe, inclusive and responsive practice including effectively self-managing behaviour.


• Working in partnerships with other practice leaders, team leaders and partner agency managers to foster high quality service.


• Engaging in reflective opportunities and contributing to the development of continuous improvement and initiative strategies.


• Ensure brokerage is appropriately managed an administrative function adheres to program requirements.

What are we looking for?

• Significant experience working with vulnerable families, children and young people.


• Extensive experience working with clients with complex needs and risk issues in any of the following services: Family Services, Family Violence, Child protection, Mental Health and/or Alcohol and other drugs


• Strong knowledge and experience working in leadership roles


• Demonstrated experience in risk assessment and risk management.


• Demonstrated cross-sectoral expertise in relevant disciplines, including but not limited to – a strong knowledge of child-development, attachment, trauma-theories and the drivers/causes of family violence.


• Extensive experience in stakeholder partnerships including engaging and identification of stakeholder underlying needs.


• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively to support and promote a positive team culture of collaboration and respect.


• Strong problem-solving skills, able to size opportunities and upon them to champion continuous improvement and initiative strategies.

What you need to know:

• A salary at SCHCADS level 8 which equates to $140,671 + super


• Working from the Orange Door Bendigo with travel required from time to time across the region.


• Full time, permanent. 9am-5pm hours, with flex on occasion needed to stay past 5pm.


• You are required to work at The Orange Door to provide consult and support, work from opportunities are more limited.


• A leadership role, mentoring and supporting an integrated workforce.


• Access to discounted health insurance, free Employee Assistance, Salary Packaging and a range of other employment benefits supporting your physical and mental health.


• A workplace with Rainbow Tick Accreditation and DCA Inclusive Employer recognition

What our people say- “I feel really supported - probably the most supported I’ve ever felt in a workplace. This job can be really difficult, so if you’re supported, that’s half the battle for me. Knowing it's there means I can go out and do the work.”

Mandatory Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degrees, Graduate Certificates, and Master’s Degrees are required to work at The Orange Door. If you hold a Diploma, then you will need to complete further study and complete a higher level of education within the next 10 years.

The list of qualifications accepted is extensive. Please call or email if you are unsure whether your qualification meets the MMQ.

Ready to take the next step:

The closing date for applications is Sunday November 29th.

For further enquiries contact Rebecca Johnson (Bec) via email at ***************@anglicarevic.org.au

Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement.

Anglicare Victoria acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We commit to working respectfully to honour their ongoing cultural and spiritual connections to this country.

Diversity and inclusivity are important to Anglicare Victoria and we are committed to ensuring our workplace and services reflect this. Everyone is welcome at Anglicare Victoria, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and physical ability.