• Full Time
• SCHADS Level 5
• Generous Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 per annum
• Five weeks annual leave, plus 17.5% leave loading and generous personal leave entitlements
• The position will be located at Cranbourne and Dandenong on a rotating basis
• Evidenced based service delivery that empowers clients
• Opportunity for Professional Learning and Development
• Friendly and Inclusive Rainbow tick accredited organisation
  
• Working from Home Arrangements

Wayss is the largest provider of homelessness, housing and family violence services in the South East Melbourne area.  We exist so people can live a life free from family violence and have access to safe,  sustainable and affordable housing.  Our vision is to be the major provider of social housing services and leading edge client support programs in the Southern Melbourne Metropolitan region.

We deliver funded services and programs across the South East of Melbourne including the local government areas of Greater Dandenong, Frankston, Casey and Cardinia. 

About The Orange Door
The Orange Door delivers a fundamental change to the way we work with women, children and families, and men. 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, young people, 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.
• a system-wide view of service capacity, client experience and outcomes.

The Orange Door supports the agency of women, children, young people, and families, to ensure that the services they receive meet their needs and their goals.

About the role

Reporting to the Team Leader, The Orange Door, the position works collaboratively as part of an integrated team to respond to the needs of children, young people and families experiencing family violence and vulnerability. The  Practitioner works directly with clients to provide information, advice, and an initial assessment with a focus on risk assessment and safety planning.

• Identifying, assessing, and prioritising the risk and need of women, children and families using the MARAM framework, relevant practice frameworks and guidelines and drawing on the expertise of Team Leaders, Practice Leaders and others with diverse expertise in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Working collaboratively with the Hub team to support integrated risk assessment and planning, including participating in case conferences and meetings.
• Applying for brokerage on behalf of clients in accordance with the Hub’s Brokerage Guidelines for approval by the Integrated Practice Leader.
• Recording client information accurately on the Hub Client Relationship Management (CRM) system, handling client information in accordance with the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS), information security and privacy policies and requirements.
• Participating in training and development, formal supervision, and performance development as per Wayss policies and procedures.
• Ensuring the health and safety of self and others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements and Wayss policies and procedures.
• Contributing to the profile of The Orange Door by undertaking community and professional education activities, in consultation with the Team Leader.
• Other reasonable duties as required.

You will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification(s) in social work, or a related discipline.
• Compliant with Family Violence Minimum Qualifications (Rec 209)
• Experience working with women and their children and families with complex needs and risk issues within in any of the following service areas: Family Violence, Family Services, Child Protection, Disability, Housing, Mental Health and/or Alcohol and Other Drugs.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, assess and prioritise the risk and needs of clients in a whole of family approach.
• Demonstrated ability to provide operational assistance to a supervisor that includes mentoring support and practice supervision for team members.
• Resilience to work with and support clients who have been exposed to trauma
• The ability to work collaboratively and build strong, authentic and supportive working relationships.
• The ability to recognise and identify limits of own expertise and to seek advice or refer clients to other specialists.
• A commitment to best practice and work towards the best possible outcomes.

This role requires a current Driver’s License and valid ‘Employment’ category – Working with Children Check. The candidate will need to have successfully completed Wayss pre-employment screening, a police check and provide evidence of full Covid-19 vaccination compliance.

Applications 
Applications close 9am, 19 December 2022.

Please ensure you include a covering letter, outlining your experience in relation to the “About You” section in the Position Description.   Enquiries about the position can be directed to Lisa Burke, Manager, The Orange Door at 87971609.
   
The Position Description can be obtained by visiting https://www.wayss.org.au/careers-at-wayss/

Working for Wayss
Our people matter. Without them, we would be unable to make a meaningful impact in the lives of people facing homelessness and family violence. This is our motivation in creating Wayss as a great place to work.

Wayss is proud to be an inclusive and child safe organisation.
 
Wayss is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to being an organisation that embraces a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion within our workforce and approach to service delivery. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic communities, people of all ages and LGBTIQ people.  Wayss is a proud Rainbow Tick accredited organisation that welcomes everyone across the LGBTIQ community.