The Orange Door Practitioner

Kids First Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Salary packaging

3 extra leave days at Christmas

Staff Wellbeing Program

Career development in Promoting First


Job summary

Kids First Australia is seeking a Support and Safety Hub Practitioner for The Orange Door in Heidelberg. This fixed term full-time position will contribute to delivering safe, coordinated responses for women, children and families experiencing family violence, within an integrated practice framework.

You will work in a multi-agency team, delivering screening, triage, assessment and crisis responses, and support planning and referrals, with a focus on safety and vulnerability (MARAM awareness).

Qualifications

• Experience working with women and children victim-survivors of family violence.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management.
• Understanding of the MARAM framework and sector obligations.
• Ability to build partnerships across agencies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, safe responses to women, children and families seeking support.
• Conduct screening, triage, assessment and crisis responses per guidelines.
• Coordinate referrals and service planning with a multi-agency team.

Skills

Risk assessment

MARAM framework

Family violence experience

Stakeholder networking

Written communication

Verbal communication

Job description

Support and Safety Hub Practitioner (The Orange Door)

• Fixed Term Full-Time Position for 12 months
• SCHCDS Level 5 + 12% Super + Salary Package
• Location: The Orange Door - Heidelberg

Kids First have a prominent 130-year history of safeguarding children achieved through an unwavering commitment to people and transformation.

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

Your new role

The primary purpose of the Support and Safety Hub Practitioner position in NEMA Orange Door is to deliver quality, safe and effective responses to the needs of children, young people, and families seeking support through The Orange Door

• Work as a member of a multi-agency team to deliver high quality, safe and effective responses to women, children and families seeking support.
• Deliver screening, triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordinated referrals consistent with the Integrated Practice Framework, Operational Guidelines, and relevant risk assessment tools and frameworks including MARAM and Best Interests Framework.
• Prioritise the safety of victim survivors and children using a gendered understanding of family violence and an understanding of child and family vulnerabilities.

About you

• You have relevant 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.
• Knowledge and experience working in clinical roles in family violence AND child and family vulnerability.
• Sound understanding of the MARAM framework and sector obligations.
• Demonstrated experience in risk assessment and risk management
• 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
• We know how important it is to spend time with family which is why you get 3 additional leave days at Christmas
• 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).