Aboriginal Men's Hub Practitioner

Aboriginal Men's Hub Practitioner - The Orange Door (Identified)

Posted: 17/10/2025

Closing Date: 16/11/2025

Job Type: Fixed Term

Location: The Orange Door

Job Category: Community Services & Social Work

Please note: This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under ‘special measures’ of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply.

About BDAC

BDAC is an ACC O (Ab original Community Controlled Organisation) registered as a member under the umbrella of VACCHO (Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation) and represented nationally through NACCHO (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation).

BDAC was founded to represent and provide services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on Djaara Country.

BDAC has a responsibility to ensure growth of services, development of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, better and improved health outcomes for our people, improved quality of life and be a lead agency in providing self-determination employment and career pathways for Aboriginal people.

What We Are Offering

- Full time, 38 hours per week
- 12 month contract
- $51.00 per hour
- Access to Salary Packaging
- 11.5% Superannuation
- Supportive work environment
- Ongoing training and development opportunities

Job Description

The Position

The Orange Door is the access point for adults, children and young people who have experienced or are currently experiencing family violence and/or families who need extra support with the wellbeing and development of children.

The Orange Door provides intake, assessment and referral pathways into family violence and/or family services and other programs.

BDAC’s Orange Door Aboriginal Response Team (ART) provides culturally safe, client centred, trauma informed, and holistic care to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community members accessing the Orange Door.

The Aboriginal Men’s Hub Practitioner will work alongside Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men and younger males, as well as fathers of Aboriginal children who are referred to the Orange Door for support around family violence and child wellbeing.

The Aboriginal Men’s Hub Practitioner will work to support men to engage with ongoing services, including working collaboratively to transition men into programs that are run by BDAC, including but not limited to the Men’s Practitioners in the Family Safety and Healing programs, as well as Family Services, AOD and Social and Emotional Wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide culturally safe and responsive support to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander young men and fathers/carers of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children
- Work directly with the Men’s Practitioners in the BDAC Family Safety and Healing programs to promote effective transition from the Orange Door to ongoing support for people who use violence (PUV)
- Mentor and develop Hub Staff working alongside Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men and young males
- Provide Practitioners with relevant information and access to systems, to support safe and effective responses to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and families as part of an integrated approach
- Manage a caseload of complex and/or sensitive cases
- Share practice knowledge and approaches to support holistic healing for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men and young males
- Model integrated practice approaches and behaviours integral to ethical clinical practice working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and families
- Liaise with organisations and services within the Hub network in order to improve direct service issues for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people accessing services through the Hub.
- Keep accurate and complete records of work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and the Victoria Governments information security and privacy policies and requirements
- Work with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men and young males to ensure that their cultural needs are identified and embedded into practice
- Provide confidential client support and referral pathways for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families to improve the safety, stability and outcomes for children
- Participate in all training, supervision and consultation activities
- Provide specialist consultation within the team and broader services system in relation to complex family needs

Desired Skills and Experience

Key Selection Criteria

- Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal cultures and the ACCO environment
- An understanding of working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men, and the challenges they may face within the service system
- Strong analytical, organisational and coordinating skills. Effectiveness in developing tasks and managing resources to achieve targets within set timeframes.
- A dedication to working collaboratively as a member of the Orange Door Aboriginal Response Team, and as a BDAC representative in the Hub.
- Strong computer skills, ability to use a range of software and IT based reporting systems
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with others.
- Demonstrated experience referring to and collaborating with local service networks
- Demonstrated experience in understanding complex case work and applying a cultural lens with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families and children who have experienced trauma, preferably in the context of Family Violence
- Ability to prepare briefs, letters, emails and reports using clear, concise and grammatically correct language. Ensure written communications contain necessary information to achieve their purpose
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines, targets and key deliverables of the program

Mandatory requirements

- Bachelor Qualification of Social Work or equivalent qualification in line with family violence specialist mandatory qualifications or Community Services qualification, with extensive relevant work experience.

Desired experience

- Previous experience working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community members or in an Aboriginal organisation (preferred)

How to Apply

If this role sounds like the role for you then click on the link below and apply by attaching your CV and a cover letter detailing how you suit the role By Sunday 16th of November, 2025

Mandatory Requirements

Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (Police check, reference check and Working with Children's Check) will be completed prior to the candidate’s employment being confirmed.

Please note: This is an Aboriginal Designated Position, classified under ‘special measures’ of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010. Only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are eligible to apply.

#J-18808-Ljbffr