Senior Orange Door Practitionerhybrid

Kids First Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development

Salary packaging

Purchased leave

Staff Wellbeing Program

Job summary

Kids First Australia is seeking a Senior Practitioner for the NEMA Orange Door, based in Heidelberg and Epping. The role provides senior support and leadership within a multidisciplinary team to respond to the needs of children, young people and families affected by family violence.

You will support the Team Leader, oversee case allocation, handle higher complexity work, and contribute to projects and Working Groups. A minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience and knowledge of MARAM are essential.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years’ experience working with women and children victim-survivors of family violence.
• Advanced knowledge in clinical roles in family violence and child well‑being.
• Strong understanding of the MARAM framework and sector obligations.
• Strong network and relationship-building abilities inside and outside the organisation.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Team Leader to meet service delivery targets; allocate, endorse and close cases; ensure standards are met and mentor practitioners.
• Act as Team Leader during absences and manage higher duties as requested.
• Maintain reduced active caseload with high complexity and provide senior casework consultancy.
• Undertake portfolios and projects, participate in Working Groups and support function tasks.

Skills

Family violence experience

Clinical leadership

MARAM framework

Partnership building

Verbal communication

Job description

• Ongoing Full-time Position Available
• SCHADS Level 6 + 12% Super +Salary Package
• The Orange Door - Heidelberg and Epping

Kids First have a prominent 130-year history of safeguarding children achieved through an unwavering commitment to people and transformation. If you want to support victims of Family Violence and are looking for meaning and substance working for an organisation that acknowledges your value by offering great working conditions and flexible working arrangements, then this could be your next opportunity.

Your new role

The primary purpose of the Senior Practitioner position in NEMA Orange Door is to respond to the needs of children, young people, and families by providing senior support and leadership within a team.

• Provide support to the Team Leader to meet service delivery requirements; manage practitioner case allocation, endorsement and closures; meet relevant service targets and standards; guide mentor and coach practitioners where appropriate.
• Take up higher duties as acting Team Leader during periods of absence as requested by the Team Leader.
• Responsible for holding a reduced active case load with higher levels of practice and complexity and be responsible for providing senior casework consultancy to the broader team.
• Undertake specific portfolios and projects as assigned, participate in Working Groups and undertake other tasks to support to the function.

About you:

• You have a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience working with women and children victim-survivors of family violence and those family’s requiring assistance with the care and wellbeing needs of children and young people.
• Advanced knowledge and experience working in clinical roles in family violence AND child and family vulnerability.
• Sound understanding of the MARAM framework and sector obligations.
• Sound understanding of the family violence and child wellbeing system, and referral options for clients.
• Demonstrated capability to network and build productive relationships and partnerships with others both inside and outside organisational boundaries
• Highly developed written, verbal, and interpersonal skills

How we reward you

• An organisation that truly lives its values
• Kids First understands the importance of flexible working and has a policy to support this
• Be nurtured in your career, including professional development in specialist evidence-based models, such as Promoting First Relationships (PFR)
• Enjoy ‘not for profit’ benefits such as salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• Purchased leave and portable long service leave options
• Access our Staff Wellbeing Program

Kids First is an Equal Opportunity employer that respects and values diversity and inclusion. Kids First welcomes everyone to apply, regardless of age, ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and physical ability.

Kids First is a Child Safe Organisation, employment is conditional on satisfactory referee checks, a current Working With Children Check, National Criminal History check, proof of the right to work in Australia and a pre-employment medical (if applicable).