• A unique opportunity to be part of a world-first service model – The opportunities exist for a Team Leader to join the Southwest Orange Door Program.

Employee Benefits

• 11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker well-being)- in addition to Annual Leave
• Above Award Salary of $111,095.30 – $115,726.75 (dependent on qualification and years of experience)
• Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year
• Excellent Learning & Development opportunities
• Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations)

About the Role 

The Team Leader will provide management, practice oversight and coordination of an integrated team of practitioners, as well as the support, mentoring, and development of Brophy Practitioners, as part of a matrix management model. This role will regularly conduct client reviews with Hub Practitioners to ensure they meet practice guidelines, as well as provide support and leadership to Practitioners in the delivery of program requirements, to maintain the quality of service provided to people accessing the Orange Door for support.

The Team Leader is an integral member of the Orange Door Leadership Team working collaboratively to provide an integrated and client-focused service for women, children, young people, and families experiencing family violence and families in need of support with the care, development, and well-being of children.

Essentially this role requires strong leadership and management skills, along with the ability to make sound strategic decisions, in some instances in crisis or stressful situations, whilst maintaining confidentiality and professional boundaries.

Do your skills include:

• Ability to provide a child-centred/family-focused approach to practice advice and support team members.
• Extensive experience in risk assessment and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead an integrated team of professionals to achieve program goals and client outcomes, as well as develop and maintain positive relationships with partnering agencies.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge base on issues relevant to domestic and family violence, as well as Child and Family vulnerabilities, practice legislation and interventions.
• Identify and manage obstacles and opportunities for development in the internal and external environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage, build and maintain strong key stakeholder relationships.
• Effectively self-manage behaviour and maintain a positive workplace culture.

Are your credentials:

• Able to meet the Victorian Government’s minimum mandatory qualifications requirements for specialist family violence practitioners (as prompted by Recommendation 209 of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence) in that you:
  • Hold a Bachelor of Social Work or other equivalent qualification (or are currently enrolled and working towards this)
  • OR have minimum 5 years relevant professional experience and willing to undertake further study and be working towards the equivalent qualification by June 2026.
  • OR a related qualification as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements and willing to undertake further study and be working towards the equivalent qualification by June 2026.
  • OR hold significant cultural knowledge and experience or lived experience, and have faced barriers to educational pathways and have a willingness to meet minimum or equivalent qualification within 10 years
  • are considered exempt under the policy (practitioners who were part of the specialist family violence practitioner workforce prior to 2021.
  • For more information and a quick guide to assessing your current qualifications in line with the policy please click here. 
• Additional qualifications and/or significant experience in Family Violence or a related field is preferred.
• Professional clinical experience and/or experience working within a similar leadership role is preferred.  
• Current Drivers License

About the Orange Door 

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 for women, children and young people experiencing family violence and families who need assistance with the care and wellbeing of children to access the service they need to be safe and supported.

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 hub 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 works 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.

About brophy

Brophy Family & Youth Services have been supporting children, young people, families and the south west Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.

At Brophy you will join a team of just over 180 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support and disability services.

At Brophy our Vision is not just focussed externally on our community - we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and relationships, creating new horizons towards an advantaged community.

Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy:

Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.

Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.

For further information on this position click here or contact Jenny Hand (Manager – Family Violence & Child Wellbeing Intake) on 5561 8888 or via [email protected] using the subject line: Team Leader - The Orange Door - Warrnambool enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.