Community Development Worker

Job Description

**Posting Start Date**:12/12/2024

**Req ID**:2350

**Job Title**:Community Development Worker

**Employment Status**:Fixed Term Full Time

**Job Location**:Frankston
- **Hybrid working available**:

- **5 weeks annual leave per year**:

- **Attractive Salary Packaging options available**:

- **Classification: up to QUAL SOC WKR GR2 YR4 (SC24) OR COMM DEV WKR CL 2B YR 7 (ON15)**

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**For more information about the role please read the**Position Description**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve, and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values**:Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**

The Senior Family Violence Intake and Assessment Practitioner is a valued member of the Family Violence Program at Peninsula Health. The role works within the state-funded Safety and Support Hubs, formally known as The Orange Door. The Family Violence Senior Practitioner responds to the identified need to enhance safety of women and children in our community by supporting children, victim survivors and adults using family violence (AUFV). This position will be based within the Peninsula Health Team at the Frankston site.

Together with the Orange Door Team Leader and your Integrated Team, the role of the Orange Door Mens Family Violence Senior Practitioner is to provide support and guidance for practitioners within the Orange Door. Key responsibilities include holding a clinical caseload through the provision of intake and assessment of high-risk family violence cases. The position reports operationally to the Orange Door Team Leader. The Senior Family Violence Intake and Assessment Practitioner is also required to step up and provide operational support to the teams when their Team Leader is on leave or needs protected time to undertake tasks.

**Overview of the Program and Service**

The Orange Door brings together different workforces and practices to create an integrated team and a consolidated intake point in each Hub area to provide support for;
- Women, children and young people and families experiencing family violence,
- Adults who use violence,
- Families in need of support with the care, development, and well-being of children.

This is achieved by drawing on expertise of Public Health and Community Based Organisations (including Peninsula Health) to receive and respond to referrals from:

- Police for women and children who are victims of family violence,
- Police referrals for perpetrators of family violence,
- Child wellbeing referrals,
- Provide the intake, assessment and referral service for vulnerable families.

The Orange Door have mobilised the service system to work with women, children and families and support their safety and wellbeing. One of the roles of the Hubs is to provide a central point of intake, where referrals are triaged by a team of professional staff representing the Family Violence sector. A key function of this role is to assess the risk posed by AUFV and determine the appropriate service provision, with a focus on referrals to family violence prevention programs (Men’s Behaviour Change Program) and other services as identified to address psychosocial needs.

**What You Need**
We anticipate you will have:

- A relevant graduate qualification in Social Work or related social sciences (in accordance with Rec 209).
- Demonstrated skills and experience in The Orange Door ideally working with men
- Demonstrated skills and experience in MARAM
- Demonstrated clinical experience working with multidisciplinary teams to provide a high level of performance and support
- Demonstrated ability to undertake comprehensive intake assessments.

**What Next**
If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

**Additional Requirements**

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.

*Please refer to the salary circular for Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021 - 2026 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

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