Orange Door Support & Safety Hub Practitioner

• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging and competitive sector remuneration
• Based at Prahran
• Two opportunities available
  • Permanent part time 0.9 FTE
  • Permanent part time 0.6 FTE

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for two experienced social workers to join our multi-disciplinary team at The Orange Door. The Orange Door Program brings together workforces from Community Service Organisations, Aboriginal Services, Family Safety Victoria and DFFH, to deliver an integrated practice model and a consolidated intake point for:

• Women, children, young people and families who are experiencing or have experienced family violence
• People who use violence
• Families requiring support with the care, development and wellbeing of unborn babies, infants, children and young people

The Support and Safety Hub Practitioner works as part of an integrated team to deliver high quality, safe and effective responses to Victorian women, children and families seeking support and safety through the Hub. The Practitioner will also focus on the perpetrators of family violence, assessing risk and holding their behaviour to account.

View the full position description here

About you

To be successful in your application you will meet the person specification in the position description, including having a tertiary degree in social work, psychology or a child & family welfare related discipline.

You will also have:

• An understanding of the Best Interests Principles, Children, Youth & Families Act 2005, and Family Violence Protection Act 2008
• Extensive experience as a practitioner within the child, youth and family welfare sector
• Well-developed risk assessment and risk management skills
• A family-centered and family strengthening approach to case management
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

How to apply

If this sounds like you, find out more about this role or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover letter (outlining your suitability according to the position description)
• Current resume

You will also be asked to address key selection criteria questions on the application form.

Applications close Monday 5 July 2021

Get in touch

Kelly McGrath – Team Leader, Orange Door
Robyn Barton – Manager, Child FIRST & Family Violence Services
T: (03) 9704 8377

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 a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.