Practitioner Orange Door

**Increase your take home pay with up to $15,000 in salary packaging benefits**:

- **Ongoing, Full - Time Position based in Sunbury**:

- **Support families facing violence with advice, risk checks & shared leadership.**

**Your new role**:
In this role, you will be responsible for providing high-quality, safe, and effective support to children, young people, and families experiencing family violence or requiring assistance with care and well-being. You will work within a multidisciplinary team as a first point of contact, offering information, advice, and risk assessments to ensure the best outcomes for vulnerable individuals.

Operating under a matrix management model, you will report daily to a Team Leader from any of the partner organisations within The Orange Door. As a Uniting employee, your formal supervision will come from a Uniting Team Leader, with additional guidance and support provided by The Orange Door Practice Leaders.

**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 hourly rate **(SCHADS Level 5) + 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
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
- Free counselling with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
- Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.

**Your skills and experience**:

- Current Victorian Driver’s License
- Minimum qualification for this role is a Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification
- Relevant professional experience or have a related qualification relevant to child and family welfare as per the mandatory minimum qualifications for family violence practitioners
- Understanding of the ‘Best Interests’ framework, CYFA 2005, Family Violence Protection Act 2008, FVISS, CISS and MARAM frameworks is desirable
- Demonstrated ability as a practitioner in the child, youth and family welfare field including experience in undertaking comprehensive risk and needs assessments and risk management responses
- Understanding of the gendered nature of family violence

View the position description here.

**How to apply**:
Click **APPLY** to submit your interest.

**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.