Team Leader - The Orange DoorHybrid

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2026: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

• Broadmeadows location, Wurundjeri Country
• Travel to Sunbury and Craigieburn locations as required.
• Full time, Permanent role
• $115k pa + 11.5% superannuation + salary packaging up to $15,900 pa

The Opportunity

NSFVS provides a Specialist Family Violence team within The Support and Safety Hub (also known as The Orange Door) in the Hume Moreland Area (HMA) as per Recommendations 37 and 38 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence. NSFVS operates within a collaborative and supportive team environment with a strong focus on partnerships with relevant external organisations.

The fundamental function of The Orange Door (also known as the Support and Safety Hub) is to:

• Be a more visible and accessible contact point for service users requiring specialist support.
• Provide help for people to identify family violence and child wellbeing issues.
• Support to access justice and legal support.
• Offer advice based on contemporary risk assessment tools and guidance.
• Provide specialist support and tailored advice for victims, families and children, and perpetrators.
• Connection and coordination of access to support.
• A system wide view of service capacity, client experience and outcomes.  

Key Responsibilities

The Team Leader will be supervising and supporting a multi-disciplinary team in support of The Orange Door. The Team Leader will supervise staff from other agencies that sit within The Orange Door and give direction as required and support staff to make thorough and in-depth risk assessments for women and children.

• Provide day-to-day coordination and support a team of highly skilled family violence and child wellbeing workers who collectively will provide screening, assessment, triage and response functions to all incoming referrals for women, and women with children through an Integrated Practice Framework including child wellbeing and working with perpetrators.

There is expected to be a suite of training programs offered as part of the induction program by Family Safety Victoria, including:

• Integrated Practice Framework.
• Information Sharing Regime.
• Hub site induction and worker health and safety

Your Skills and Experience 

• A minimum Bachelor level qualification in Social Work or recent employment in the family violence sector or equivalency met through the 7 Equivalency Principles in line with the minimum mandatory qualification requirements. Please see Mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist family violence practitioners | vic.gov.au for further information.
• A comprehensive understanding of the Integrated Family Violence Service System.
• Demonstrated experience in the provision of clinical supervision.
• At least two years practice experience in the area of family violence.
• Capacity to be flexible as part of a rostered triage and response team.
• An understanding of the Child, Youth and Families Act 2007 and the Family Violence Protection Act 2008.
• Post graduate management qualification.

Extra Benefits

• Regular reflective supervision
• $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
• Flexible work arrangements
• 10 weeks paid parental leave
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, with access for staff's immediate family
• Leave loading 17.5%

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by Midnight Tuesday 11th February 2025

Queries to Sally Waddell - Senior Manager – Specialist Family Violence, The Orange Door on 0499 526 329

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.