Job Description

Description

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Location: Wangaratta, Victoria

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Employment Type: Permanent, Part-time

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Classification: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award, Level 8

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- Earn between $135,336 to $140,671 pro-rata (based on skills and experience) + Salary Packaging + Super!
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- Ongoing In-house training and professional development opportunities!
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- 4 weeks Annual leave (pro-rata) + 1 week Health and Wellbeing leave
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Make a meaningful difference. Lead with purpose. Build safer, stronger practice.

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Are you an experienced leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children, families and communities?

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Upper Murray Family Care (UMFC) is seeking an Integrated Practice Leader to join our Child Wellbeing team at The Orange Door in Wangaratta.

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This is an opportunity to use your expertise, leadership and collaborative approach to strengthen integrated practice across a multidisciplinary and multi-agency environment.

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At UMFC, we believe the way we work matters just as much as what we achieve. Our Sanctuary Model guides us in creating a workplace where people feel safe, supported, connected and able to thrive.

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About the role

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As the Integrated Practice Leader, you will provide senior practice leadership and expert advice across The Orange Door, supporting practitioners and leaders to deliver high-quality, integrated responses to family violence, child and family wellbeing and complex needs.

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You will:

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- Provide secondary consultation and practice leadership on complex and highly sensitive cases.
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- Lead, mentor and develop practitioners and Team Leaders.
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- Strengthen integrated practice across UMFC, The Orange Door partner agencies and other key stakeholders.
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- Provide expert advice regarding risk,



practice, accountability and complex decision-making.
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- Promote culturally safe, inclusive, trauma-informed and evidence-based practice.
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- Lead reflective practice and contribute to workforce capability and professional development.
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- Identify opportunities for practice improvement, innovation and system development.
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- Build strong partnerships across community, government and specialist service organisations.
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- Support effective and accountable use of client brokerage.
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You will have the opportunity to influence practice beyond individual cases, helping build a strong, collaborative and capable workforce across The Orange Door.

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About you

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We are looking for an experienced professional who brings:

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- A Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent qualification aligned with the Mandatory Minimum Qualification Requirements for Specialist Family Violence Workers.
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- Demonstrated experience leading practice in complex, multidisciplinary or multi-organisational service environments.
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- Strong knowledge of family violence, child development, attachment, trauma and child and family vulnerability.
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- Demonstrated experience in risk assessment and risk management.
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- The ability to provide sound professional judgement, consultation and practice advice.
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- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships across agencies and disciplines.
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- A commitment to culturally safe, inclusive and responsive practice.
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- A genuine commitment to reflective practice, continuous learning and professional development.
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Why Join UMFC?

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At UMFC, you will join an organisation committed to:

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- Children's safety and wellbeing
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- Evidence-informed and relationship-based practice
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- Professional development and career progression
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- Supportive leadership and collaborative teams
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- Meaningful work that strengthens local families and communities
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All employment with UMFC is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Police Check, relevant 'Employee' Working with Children's Check and a valid driver's licence.

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UMFC is a proud Child Protected and inclusive organisation. We welcome people of all backgrounds, abilities, genders and identities.

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We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse communities, individuals with disabilities, and people of all genders.

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Join a team that reflects and celebrates the community we serve!

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Company Overview

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Upper Murray Family Care (UMFC) beckons you to join a warm, supportive, and culturally safe working setting where your expertise can make a real impact. Every day, we all lean into our values – unwavering integrity, considered empathy, determined advocacy, passionately optimistic, bravely collaborative. UMFC is a committed Child Safe organisation. UMFC is also committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion – whether this is within our workforce or through our work with clients and communities.

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📌 Integrated Practice Leader - The Orange Door (Wangaratta)
🏢 UMFC
📍 Wangaratta