Key Details

- Opportunity to lean into Team Leadership responsibilities as required
- Mentor and support new team members and social work student placements
- Permanent Full‑time position – based at Cranbourne, VIC 3175 • Location: Dandenong, VIC, 3175
- Salary: SCHADS Level 6 + Super + Salary packaging • Access to up to $15,900 salary packaging benefits
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026

Your new role

As an Orange Door Senior Practitioner, working in a multidisciplinary integrated Orange Door agency team, you will deliver quality, safe, and effective responses to children, young people, and families experiencing family violence. You will work across more complex presentations within a range of issues including substance abuse, behaviour change, disability, etc., delivering intake support via phone, at the Orange Door site, and through outreach visits.

As Senior Practitioner you will lean into and be supported with Team Leadership responsibilities as needed. You will act as proxy in various integration, agency and funder meetings and also be involved in audits, quality improvement activities and other projects and tasks.

In addition, you will

- Manage an active caseload
- Mentor and support newer team members, including responsibility for social work student placements
- Deliver screening and triage, assessment, crisis responses, service planning, targeted interventions, allocation and coordinated referrals
- Work collaboratively to support integrated risk assessment and planning
- Refer clients to services within the broader service system and provide them information and support

About the program





The Orange Door Program brings together workforce from community service organisations, Aboriginal Services, Family Safety Victoria, and DFFH to deliver an integrated practice model and a consolidated intake point for Women, children, young people and families who are experiencing or have experienced family violence , people who use violence , and families requiring support with the care, development and wellbeing of unborn babies, infants, children and young people . Uniting focuses on providing services to vulnerable families who require extra support.

Benefits of working at Uniting

- Working in a large value‑led organisation with real community impact.
- Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
- Meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
- Purchase leave program to increase your annual leave entitlements.
- Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 weeks for secondary).
- Additional 17.5% on top of your fortnightly pay when you take paid annual leave.
- Option to opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You are keen to progress your career into leadership and seek an organisation that will provide you the support and opportunity.



You enjoy imparting your knowledge and experience to newer practitioners through mentoring activities.

You will bring

- Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements for specialist family violence practitioners
- Experience, skills, and capabilities in child, youth, and families welfare, particularly working with complex cases
- Well‑developed risk assessment and management skills
- Understanding of the broader service system referral pathways
- Sound understanding of the MARAM Framework, Best Interests Principles, and the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
- Valid and current driver’s licence

Contact

For any questions, please reach out to Robyn Barton on 0403 448 583 .

Inclusion and Diversity

We are an inclusive, values‑led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work. We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you. Uniting is a child‑secure organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre‑employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.

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📌 Orange Door Senior Practitioner (City of Greater Dandenong)
🏢 Uniting Vic.Tas
📍 City of Greater Dandenong