Children and Young Person’s Practice Leader

2 weeks ago

South Melbourne, Australia Uniting Vic.Tas Full time

**Job no**: 512818

**Work type**: Maximum Term Full Time

**Location**: Melbourne South

**Categories**: Child, Youth and Families
- **Leading community services organisation**:

- **Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration**:

- **Full time | Maximum term until 30 June 2024**:

- **Based at Dandenong, with travel required across the Southern Region**

**About the Orange Door Program**:
The Orange Door will deliver a fundamental change to the way we work with women, children and families, and men. The Orange Door will bring together different workforces and practices to create an integrated The Orange Door team and a consolidated intake point in each The Orange Door area to create a new way of support.

As an integrated model, The Orange Door Team will include a mix of staff employed by local Community Service Organisations, together with Family Safety Victoria and DFFH. Each organisation will employ a range of staff including Specialist Practice Leaders who will lead the delivery of high quality, safe and effective service responses to Victorians seeking support and services through The Orange Door. The Practice Leaders provide consultation and advanced practice leadership and support to practitioners across the whole program.

Each Practice Leader role is employed by a different partner organisation however work closely with one another and as a part of the wider Orange Door Team. The Partner organisations for the Orange Door in the South are Uniting, WAYSS, Anglicare, VACCA, Anglicare and DDACL.

**About the opportunity**:
The Children and Young Person’s Practice Leader will hold responsibility for providing expert practice leadership on engaging children and young people, assessing risk and needs for the infant, child, young person and family, and supporting interventions for infants, children and young people impacted by family violence and/or experiencing vulnerabilities due to other factors.

The role will proactively build the capability across The Orange Door workforce as a whole, working collaboratively to engage with children and young people to ensure that the experiences and voices of children and young people inform the service response in line with The Orange Door Service Model and Best Interests Case Practice Model.

View the full position description here: PD - Children and Young Person’s Practice Leader Practice Leader, CYF South.pdf

**About you**:
You will also have:

- Extensive understanding of family violence and child and family vulnerability, including related theories and models of practice
- Demonstrable practice leadership experience within complex service delivery environments across the child, youth and family welfare sector
- Well-developed change management skills with the ability to foster and drive a culture of innovation and clinical excellence
- Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to form effective working relationships across a range of levels within and external to Uniting and partner organisations

**How to apply**:

- Cover Letter (outlining your suitability according to the position description)
- Current Resume

**Applications close Tuesday 15 August 2023.**

**Get in touch**:
Robyn Barton, Acting Senior Manager - Child & Family Services Early Help & Entry Point
T: 0403 448 583 (during business hours)

**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

**Visit us**: unitingvictas.org.au
- Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability._

**Advertised**: 01 Aug 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 15 Aug 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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