Orange Door Practitioner

Uniting; Sale; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meal entertainment allowance

Purchase leave

Job summary

Uniting in Sale is seeking an Orange Door Practitioner to join a multidisciplinary team delivering intake responses for families, children, and youth affected by family violence. You will manage a caseload, conduct screening and assessments, and coordinate referrals to ensure safe, person‑centred support across the Orange Door site, by phone, and during outreach visits.

The role emphasizes risk assessment, collaboration, and brokerage to connect clients with the appropriate services, under the

Qualifications

• Must hold a relevant degree in Social Work or related family violence discipline (AQF Level 7 or above).
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in child, youth, and families welfare or SCHADS 5 level remuneration.
• Strong risk assessment and management skills.
• Understanding of broader service system referral pathways.
• Knowledge of MARAM Framework, Best Interests Principles, and the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005.
• Valid and current Driver’s Licence.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload with families and children in need of support.
• Conduct intake screening, triage, assessment, crisis response and service planning.
• Collaborate to support integrated risk assessment and planning.
• Coordinate referrals and brokerage on behalf of clients.
• Refer clients to services within the broader system and provide information and support.

Skills

Caseload management

Risk assessment

Interagency referrals

MARAM frameworks

Driver's license

Education

Degree in Social Work or related discipline

Job description

• Full Time, Max term positions until 30 June 2027.
• Multidisciplinary team providing an intake function to vulnerable families
• Salary (SCHADS Level 6) + super + Salary packaging
• Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packing benefits
• Based at Sale

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:

• Adults, 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 of paid 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 and be 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.
• Minimum 2 years experience post qualification in child, youth, and families welfare. Otherwise suitable applicants may be considered with a SCHADS 5 level remuneration.
• 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
• Valid and current Driver’s License

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 proud to work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants to apply. We are committed to creating a culturally safe, welcoming and supportive workplace.

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 LGBTQIA+. 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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