Orange Door Practitioner

Uniting Limited; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 68.000 - 82.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Meal entertainment benefit $2,650

Leave purchase program

Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks

Extra 17.5% pay on annual leave

Zusammenfassung

Uniting Limited is seeking an Orange Door Practitioner in Cranbourne to deliver intake responses for children, young people and families facing family violence. This role supports intake via phone, site and outreach, with a varied caseload and strong emphasis on safeguarding and service access.

You will assess risk, coordinate referrals, and work within the Orange Door integrated team to plan and broker services. Victoria-specific qualifications and a driver’s licence are required.

Qualifikationen

• Must hold a relevant degree in Social Work or related family violence discipline (AQF Level 7+).
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
• Experience with children, youth and families welfare.
• Strong risk assessment and management skills.
• Understanding of service system referral pathways and MARAM.

Aufgaben

• Deliver intake support via phone, at the Orange Door site and through outreach.
• Actively manage a caseload and provide timely responses.
• Conduct screening, triage, assessment, crisis responses, and referrals.
• Collaborate on integrated risk assessment and planning.
• Arrange brokerage and refer clients to services.

Kenntnisse

Risk assessment

Referral pathways

MARAM framework

Child & family welfare

Driver's licence

Ausbildung

Social Work degree

Jobbeschreibung

• Full Time, Max term positions until 12 November 2027. (Parental Leave Cover)
• Multidisciplinary team providing an intake function to vulnerable families
• Salary(SCHADS Level 5) + super + Salary packaging
• Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packing benefits
• Based at Cranbourne

Your new role

As an Orange Door Practitioner, working in a multidisciplinary integrated Orange Door agency team, you will deliver quality, safe, and effective responses to children, young people, and families experiencing family violence. You will deliver intake support via phone, within the Orange Door site and through outreach visits.

In addition, you will:

• Actively manage a caseload
• Delivery screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordinated referrals
• Work collaboratively to support integrated risk assessment and planning
• Apply for brokerage on behalf of clients when required
• Refer clients to services within the broader service system and provide them information and support

About the program

The Orange Door Program brings together workforces from Community Service organisations, Aboriginal Services, Family Safety Victoria and DFFH, to deliver an integrated practice model and a consolidated intake point for:

• Women, children, young people, and families who are experiencing or have experienced family violence
• People who use violence
• Families requiring support with the care, development and wellbeing of unborn babies, infants, children and young people

Uniting focuses on providing services to vulnerable families who require extra support with the care, development and wellbeing of unborn babies, infants, children and young people.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

• Working in a large values-led organisation with real community impact.
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• Save on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Up to 10 weeks ofpaid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 weeks for secondary).
• An extra 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave.
• Opt in or out of public holidays andbe respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You thrive in a dynamic environment, assessing and responding to children and families presenting with a range of issues at a time when they need support most. You love that no day is ever the same and feel energized when you find referral pathways and empower individuals to be involved in developing their own support arrangement.

You will bring:

• Minimum Qualification Requirement
  In line with Victorian Government requirements, applicants must hold a relevant degree qualification in Social Work or a related family violence discipline (AQF Level 7 or above). Please refer to the Mandatory Minimum Qualifications Policy for full details, including alternative experience and qualification pathways.
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence
• Experience, skills, and capabilities in child, youth, and families welfare
• Well-developed risk assessment and management skills
• Understanding of the broader service system referral pathways
• Sound understanding of the MARAM Framework, Best Interests Principles and the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005

View the position description here.

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are an inclusive, values-led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. We embed child safety in everything we do. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.

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