Orange Door Practitioner - Hastings, Australia - Family Life

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Description

Position
Orange Door Practitioner


Team
Family Engagement - Orange Door


Employment Type /Hours**Full Time, Permanent


Location

Hastings, from time to time the incumbent may be requested to work from, or be based at, other Family Life sites.


Reports To
Team Leader - Orange Door


Effective Date
February 2023


Overview of Program


The Orange Door Partnership aims to address the needs of all Victorians who experience or use Family Violence as well as families who need support in relation to child wellbeing.

The Bayside Peninsula Orange Door covers seven different local government areas from City of Port Phillip down to the Mornington Peninsula.

The Orange Door is an integrated intake and assessment service that is the referral pathway to Integrated Family Services, Specialist Women's Family Violence Services and Men's Behaviour Change.

The Orange Door seeks to improve service capacity and integrate service delivery with a commitment to developing opportunities for timely, appropriate and where necessary, intensive interventions to prevent the escalation of risk factors and issues regarding vulnerable children and their families.

The program operates through a partnership of 10 key service providers.


Position Objective


The Practitioner will be required to perform Intake and Assessment function identifying risk, safety and wellbeing concerns from varying referral pathways such as Police reports, Child Protection Referrals, Community Referrals and Client Self referrals, either via the phone or walk ins.

This will ensure that Orange Door Clients are supported and provided with and/or linked into effective and relevant services. The Practitioner will be required to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary, inter-Agency team, while managing a complex workload.


Key Responsibilities
The key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Completing Intake and Assessment incorporating high quality assessments of children in relation to need and risk utilising both the Best Interests Framework and MARAM Framework.
  • Receiving and processing referrals from a variety of resources, prioritizing risk, safety and wellbeing for all clients within the Orange Door.
  • Working respectfully with families considering cultural and social influences that each family may present with.
  • Complying with agency, program and legislative requirements in relation to information sharing, case recording and data entry requirements.
  • Providing a range of shortterm interventions that will include a variety of casework and case management skills.
  • Working closely with the local Family Violence services [including Victoria Police], Integrated Family services agencies, the Aboriginal Practice Lead, Senior Community Based Child Protection Practitioners and other service providers to provide creative, flexible intake service responses for children and families with complex issues and who may be difficult to engage.
  • Making an active commitment to the development and maintenance of a cohesive multidisciplinary team and participate in staff meetings, team meetings and staff development.
  • Working after hours if required (currently operating hours cease at 5pm).
  • Participating in regular supervision.
  • Taking reasonable care for your own health and safety and for that of others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements and Family Life's occupational health and safety (OHS) policies and procedures.
Working collaboratively with other Intake Workers and may be required to supervise students on placement.


Key Selection Criteria

  • A relevant tertiary qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Early Childhood Specialist and/or related behavioural sciences at degree level with substantial experience; or associate diploma level with substantial experience in the relevant service stream.
  • Proven ability to implement key theory, particularly Child Development, Trauma Informed, Systems, Family Violence and Coercion and Control in practice.
  • Wellrounded understanding of Family Violence drivers, risk assessment and safety planning.
  • Experience working with families and children experiencing complex needs and high risk / risk issues in any of the following services areas: Family Services, Child Protection, Housing, Family Violence, Disability, Mental Health and/or Alcohol and Other Drugs Position.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct comprehensive safety and wellbeing assessments and work within the 'Best Interests Principles' as outlined within the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 and well as a sound knowledge of the MARAM framework.
  • Proven ability to engage with families who are reluctant to use support services.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
  • Capacity to work with ambivalence and uncertainty in the context of ongoing environmental ch
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