Team Leader Orange Door

Uniting Vic.Tas; Cannons Creek; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Discounts on childcare services

Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

A community service organization located in Cannons Creek is seeking a Team Leader for the Orange Door program. The role involves providing leadership and support to a team, ensuring high-quality services for families experiencing challenges. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant degree and have significant experience in child and family welfare. A competitive salary, along with benefits such as salary packaging and discounts on services, is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification is a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent.
• 5+ years relevant professional experience.
• Significant management experience in child, youth and family welfare sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and mentoring to a team of Practitioners.
• Develop and implement client-focused service responses.
• Establish relationships with partner organizations.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Mentoring

Understanding of family issues

Education

Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification

Job description

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• Full Time Ongoing Position based at Cranbourne
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
• 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning
  
  

• Cranbourne, VIC, 3977
• Child, Youth & Families
• Permanent Full Time
  

• Full Time Ongoing Position based at Cranbourne
• Increase fortnight take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packaging benefits!
• 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning
  
  

Your new role

As a Team Leader, you will provide leadership, coordination and mentoring support to a team of Practitioners and Senior Practitioners within the Orange Door. The role will work in partnership with the Orange Door Leadership team to develop and implement a high quality, client focused service response for families in need. Within the integrated model, the Team Leader will establish and maintain collaborative relationships with partner organisations and agencies across the broader service system.

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

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

In addition to your salary of (SCHADS Level 7) + super, you can access the following.

• Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff!
• Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Our people are central - access leadership development.
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
  
  

Your skills and experience

You are keen to progress your career into leadership and seek an organisation that will provide you the support and opportunity. You enjoy imparting your knowledge and experience to newer practitioners through mentoring activities.

You Will Bring

• The minimum qualification for this role is a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification
  
  

OR have a minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience or have a related qualification relevant to child and family welfare as per the mandatory minimum qualifications for family violence practitioners

OR hold significant cultural knowledge and experience or lived experience, and have faced barriers to educational pathways as per the mandatory minimum qualifications for family violence practitioners

• Significant management experience within child, youth and family welfare sector.
• A sound understanding of family and parenting issues, especially in the context of protective concerns
• Commitment to, and understanding of working with marginalised groups including Indigenous and CALD clients
• Sound understanding of the “Best Interests” framework and the Child, Youth and Family Act (2005)
• Valid and current Driver’s Licence
  
  

View the position description here.

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, please reach out to Robyn Barton, Manager Orange Door on 04 0344 8583 for a chat.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

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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