• Internal opportunity within The Orange Door Team
• Full-time, Ongoing position
• Based in Broadmeadows

Your new role

As the Orange Door Team Leader, you will be responsible for the management and coordination of an integrated team as well as the support, mentoring, development of Uniting Practitioners and Senior Practitioners.

In this role, you will provide practice guidance and leadership to practitioners in the delivery of program requirements and to maintain a high quality of service to people accessing The Orange Door for support.

This will involve ensuring there is close collaboration with The Orange Door Leadership team to provide an integrated and client focused service for women, children, young people and families experiencing family violence and families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of children.

Your skills and experience

• A Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent in line with the mandatory minimum qualification requirements for family violence practitioners.
• Current Victorian Driver’s License
• Significant management experience within child, youth and family welfare sector.
• A sound understanding of family and parenting issues, especially in the context of protective concerns
• Commitment to, and understanding of working with marginalised groups including indigenous and CALD clients
• Sound understanding of the “Best Interests” framework, MARAM framework and the Child, Youth and Family Act (2005)
• Demonstrated commitment to service performance, evidence-based practice and improving outcomes for consumers

View the position description here

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest.

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please apply soon. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, reach out to Bask Cassar on bask.cassar@vt.uniting.org for a chat.

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.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

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.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBT+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.