Team Leader – Specialist Family Violence (Orange Door Outer East)

• Full time, ongoing position
• SCHADS Level 7 with access to industry leading employment benefits and NFP salary Packaging
• Full time hours (38 hours per week)
• Located – Outer East Orange Door (Croydon)
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• A rewarding opportunity to be part of an organisation that is committed to improving quality of life for women and children experiencing family violence

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO:

• Holds a qualification or relevant experience in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements for specialist family violence practitioners and, where required, a willingness to work towards the minimum qualifications*
• Has experience working in a leadership role in family violence (or related sector)
• Is passionate about service reform, integrated service delivery and improving outcomes for women, children and families
• Is able to manage, support and develop a multi- disciplinary and multi-agency team of practitioners to work effectively with victim survivors (including children) as well as perpetrators
• Has a sound understanding of the theories and frameworks that underpin direct service practice within a specialist family violence service- in particular, a strong understanding of feminist frameworks.
• Is a team player, with strong experience managing stakeholder relationships and working in partnership
• Is able to lead by example in an environment of innovation and change, whilst also managing competing demands

• In line with the findings of Equal Opportunity exemption H327/2017 and by special measure, FVREE is seeking applicants who identify as non-binary or people who identify as female from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) communities

Please review the Position Description for a full list of position accountabilities and key selection criteria. *For more information on the mandatory minimum qualifications please visit https://www.vic.gov.au/mandatory-minimum-qualifications-specialist-family-violence-practitioners.

Salary for these positions will be aligned with SCHADS Level 7 + legislated super.

BACKGROUND:

The role of The Orange Door is to provide:

• a more visible contact point so that people know where to go for specialist support
• help for people to identify family violence and child and family safety and wellbeing issues
• advice based on contemporary risk assessment tools and guidance and best available information
• specialist support and tailored advice for victims, families and children, and perpetrators
• a strong focus on perpetrator accountability
• connection and coordination of access to support
• an approach across the spectrum of prevention, early intervention and response

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

As a FVREE Team Leader within The Orange Door, you will provide day-to-day coordination, duty allocation, case consultation and supervision to a team of practitioners responding to incoming referrals. Your role will focus on referrals for victim-survivors of family violence, in the context of the Orange Door’s Integrated Practice Framework. Given the multi-disciplinary nature of the Orange Door, your role will include some direction and supervision to practitioners outside of your specialisation, when appropriate and necessary.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Excellent professional development opportunities including external training and workshops as well as FVREE staff training
• Option of a monthly accrued day off (ADO) for full time staff
• Flexible working hours and generous salary packaging benefits resulting in tax savings
• Regular supervision and management support including access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid parental leave for eligible staff
• The opportunity to vastly enhance knowledge and skills through working in a collaborative and inclusive environment that integrates specialist family violence work, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, child wellbeing and perpetrator services
• A rewarding opportunity to be part of an organisation that is committed to improving quality of life for women and children experiencing family violence

TO APPLY

For a copy of the key selection criteria and a full outline of the position please see below.

To find out more, please contact Chloe Lonsdale, Manager – Orange Door Services (03) 9259 4200.

Please submit your application with a Cover Letter and CV online or email peopleandculture@fvree.org.au using the subject line: Team Leader ODOE ADS 3123 by 9am Tuesday 11th April 2023

OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Due to the specialist nature of the work and services FVREE provides FVREE predominantly employs women, including women from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) communities, as per the findings of Equal Opportunity exemption H327/2017 and by special measure.

FVREE actively promotes a safe and inclusive workplace where workers are free from discrimination and are afforded dignity and respect. We encourage applications from women of all abilities, as well as from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ,women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTI.

FVREE is a child-focused and child safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and interests of children. All appointments with FVREE are subject to a police records check, working with children check and reference checks.

All appointments with FVREE are subject to a police records check, working with children check and reference checks.