Orange Door Practitioner

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• Permanent full-time position based at Sale
• Multidisciplinary team providing an intake function to vulnerable families
• 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning services
• Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packing benefits
  
  
  • Sale, VIC, 3850
  • Child, Youth & Families
  • Permanent Full Time
    
    • Permanent full-time position based at Sale
    • Multidisciplinary team providing an intake function to vulnerable families
    • 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning services
    • Increase take-home pay with access to $15,900 salary packing benefits
      
      
    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
    • 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 (SCHADS Level 6) + super, you can access the following.
    • Access salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
    • Need extra time off? Buy additional leave to increase annual leave
    • Enjoy a 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning, or 60% for centre staff
    • Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
    • Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
    • Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
      
      
    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
    • Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements for specialist family violence practitioners
    • Experience, skills, and capabilities in child, youth, and families welfare
    • 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
    
    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, reach out to Heidi Hunter, Manager Child Youth & Families on 03 51447777 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 LGBT+. 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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    • Employment typeFull-time
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