Team Leader

Location: Western Region | Melton

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Western Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 49166
- Leadership Role
- Ongoing Full-time
- Various locations across the Western Melbourne region

**ORANGE DOOR**

The Orange Door brings together different workforces and practices to create an integrated team and a consolidated intake point, to create a new way of support for women, children, families and perpetrators of family violence.

The Orange Door is designed to make it easier for vulnerable families and children, victims/survivors of family violence and perpetrators of family violence, to access services when and where they need them. The Orange Door will be a visible and trusted point in the community offering safe, simple and early access to services and connect people to the support they need.

**THE POSITION**

We are seeking experienced and skilled clinicians to fulfil the role of Team Leader - Orange Door. This role will provide day-to-day coordination and support to a team of highly skilled family violence, perpetrator and child wellbeing workers who will collectively provide screening, assessment, triage and response functions to all incoming referrals through an Integrated Practice Framework. The position will supervise staff within the integrated team.

This role requires strong leadership and management skills in addition to extensive experience in risk assessment and risk management.

The role will be required to successfully lead an integrated team of professionals to achieve program goals and client outcomes, monitor staff and ensure accurate client records are maintained, support practitioners to actively participate contribute to program planning and annual improvement activities to assist in the achievement of organisational outcomes.

As this position will regularly engage with a variety of other agencies within the Orange Door, the Team Leader - Orange Door must be able to work collaboratively in an integrated manner while maintaining professionalism and actively promoting the Orange Door to the region and beyond.

To be Successful in this role you

Will have a relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology or related behavioural sciences at degree level with substantial experience; or associate diploma level with substantial experience in the relevant service stream;
Will have extensive experience working within the family violence sector;
Will have a strong understanding of relevant legislation and practice frameworks relating to family violence practice;
Will have extensive experience in providing clinical and/or practice leadership in the area of family violence.

**About Us**

Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services.

Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:

- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Work-life balance

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.