Social Worker - Team Leader

Job No: 159685
Location: Warrnambool

  • Do you have expert knowledge and leadership experience gained in a clinical and social services environment?
  • Above award salary of $97,121 - $101,416 plus super, salary packaging options and relocation assistance!
  • Additional benefits include 11 well-being days (pro-rata) and learning and development opportunities!

About Brophy Family and Youth Services and the Orange Door Initiative

A key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Family Violence was to establish a network of Support and Safety Hubs across Victoria. This was to provide a new way of working with women, men, children and young people experiencing family violence and families who need assistance with the care and wellbeing of children.

This enables access to services in a safe and supportive environment. The Orange Door Initiative was implemented across Victoria as the intake point for Family Violence and Child Wellbeing issues. The safety of victim-survivors is the Orange Door's first priority. The Orange Door will also help to maintain a focus on perpetrators, so the risk they pose can be assessed and they are held to account for their behaviour. 

Brophy Family and Youth Services is a quality Child Safe accredited, not-for-profit organisation. We provide a wide range of family, youth and children services across Southwest Victoria, incorporating Integrated Family Services and other programs. We work closely with the Orange Door to build the capacity of vulnerable families and individuals to enable them to self-manage and be the best they can be through referrals to many of our program areas.

To read more about the Orange Door program please click here.

For more information on Brophy's many programs, please click here.

What's behind the Orange Door?

Our team is growing and we are now on the lookout for a full-time Social Worker - Team Leader to lead our Social Workers at the Orange Door program, based in Warrnambool, VIC. This is a highly rewarding opportunity to directly impact the lives of vulnerable children and those impacted by family and domestic violence.

You will receive an above-award salary circa $97,121 - $101,416 plus super and salary packaging options. You will also have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

  • 11 annual well-being days (pro-rated), in addition to your annual leave
  • Supervision, mentorship and learning and development opportunities
  • Relocation assistance is on offer for the right candidate

As Team Leader you will coordinate, supervise, oversee and support the day-to-day operations of our integrated team of skilled Social Workers within the South West Orange Door.

Core duties:

  • Be an integral part of the local the Orange Door leadership to build the practice with the shared responsibility to support a positive culture of the multi-agency staff team;
  • Provide specialist and advanced practice leadership and support, and build the capacity of the Orange Door practitioners;
  • Provide case consultation, sound judgement, and authoritative advice on complex cases;
  • Establish systems and procedures to improve service delivery to infants, children and young persons;
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with the Orange Door and other key local and statewide stakeholders; and
  • Monitor and deliver projects in response to local clinical or Children and Young People’s practice needs, as appropriate

The Orange Door provides our team with a unique opportunity to be part of a world-first service model!

For further enquiries about the opportunity or the Orange Door program please contact Jenny Hand, Manager Brophy Family Violence and Child Wellbeing Intake Team on 03 5561 8888 or via jhand@brophy.org.au

What you'll bring to the team

To thrive in this role, you will have demonstrated clinical experience and a relevant qualification in social work, psychology or a related discipline. You will also possess a Bachelor of Social Work or a Diploma in Community Welfare Work, or have the willingness to upgrade your qualifications to a Bachelor of Social Work over the next five years.

The role will see you directing both team members who work for Brophy Family and Youth Services, as well as team members who work for partner agencies. This adds an extra dimension to the position and will require someone who is highly efficient, able to "think outside the box" when required, and who possesses strong relationship-building skills. 

Given you'll be distributing a high volume of work amongst a number of team members, you'll need strong administrative and time management skills as well as the ability to use a CRM effectively. 

The Orange Door is a new, evolving program so we are seeking a candidate who is comfortable with, and will embrace, change. 

Please note: Suitable candidates must hold an Employee Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check, complete a National Police Check and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, prior to commencing employment.

This is a highly rewarding opportunity, allowing you to have a real impact on the lives of those in need. Apply now.

 

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