Practitioner - The Orange Door

Anglicare Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing program

Fitness Passport

EAP & discounted health insurance

Rainbow Tick Accreditation

Job summary

Anglicare Victoria is hiring a full-time Family Violence Practitioner to work at The Orange Door Belgrave. You will perform risk assessment, engagement, and provide initial responses within an integrated practice approach, delivering evidence-based interventions to adults using violence and their families.

The role focuses on screening, triage, crisis response, and coordinated referrals, with supervision from Practice Leaders and a commitment to staff wellbeing and inclusive practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required for The Orange Door Practitioner role.
• Working with Children Check and National Criminal History Check prior to commencement are mandatory.
• Experience with perpetrators of family violence and risk assessment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide screening, triage, assessment, crisis responses and service planning.
• Coordinate allocations and referrals to appropriate services.
• Collaborate with Hub team and participate in case conferences and stakeholder planning.

Skills

Violence perpetrator experience

Intersectional approach

Risk assessment (family violence)

Trauma-informed practice

Whole family approach

Referral & escalation

MARAM knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant field

Job description

• Work with those who choose to use violence|at The Orange Door Belgrave
• Full time|fixed term to November 2027|office hours 9am to 5pm with flex needed
• Develop your skills in analysis, assessment and referral

Location and travel requirements:

This position is based within the Orange Door working from the Belgrave access point. The position will be providing response to perpetrators of Family Violence.

Make your mark:

Anglicare Victoria are hiring to a full time, fixed term position to November 2027. You will join the team at The Orange Door Belgrave. This role will work as part of an integrated team to provide specialist services to Adults Using Violence referred to The Orange Door.

As a Practitioner you will support people with advice with a focus on risk assessment, engagement, and provision of an initial response and as a source of information to people referred to the Hub. You will work collaboratively as part of an integrated practice approach to respond to family violence and children and family vulnerability concerns through the provision of:

• Screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions;
• Allocation services and coordination of referrals;
• Collaborative working with the Hub team to support integrated risk assessment and planning, including participating in case conferences, meetings and the resolution of stakeholder issues.

For more specific information, please review the Position Description available here: Adults using Family Violence Practitioner - The Orange Door PD TOD E AW5 022025 V1.0 (1).pdf

The skills you will use day to day:

• Experience working with perpetrators of violence, men / fathers.
• Working through an intersectional lens.
• The ability to work with children and families and/or family violence where there are complex needs and risk issues.
• Resilience to work with and support clients who have been exposed to trauma.
• The ability to identify, assess and prioritise risks and needs of clients in a whole of family approach.
• The ability to recognise and identify limits of own expertise and to seek advice or refer clients to other specialists.
• Assessment skills, L17 referrals, Best Interests Case Practice Model and MARAM knowledge would be highly regarded.

Make it work:

• A salary starting at around $105,557 plus super plus salary packaging (Level 5 SCHADS)
• Negotiable dependent upon your years of experience or current SCHCADS level.
• Position will be based at the access point in Belgrave.
• Fixed term to November 2027.
• 9am–5pm hours offering predictability in a complex sector. Some flex required to stay later on occasion.
• You will be supported by Practice Leaders, Team Leaders and Senior Practitioners. Risk is shared. Practice is reflective. You are not working in isolation.
• We take staff wellbeing seriously, offering: Well Worth It! wellbeing program. Fitness Passport. EIP and EAP and discounted health insurance.
• Dedicated Learning and Development support at The Orange Door, through Family Safety Victoria and by Anglicare Victoria.
• A workplace with Rainbow Tick Accreditation and DCA Inclusive Employer recognition.

I feel really supported probably the most supported I’ve ever felt in a workplace. This job can be difficult, so if you’re supported, that’s half the battle.

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 closing date for applications is Sunday November 15th

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.