ABOUT GENWEST

GenWest (formally Women's Health West) is the women’s health service for the western metropolitan region of Melbourne. We focus on supporting women and their children to lead safe and healthy lives and on changing the conditions that cause and maintain inequity and injustice. We do this through two main complementary programs, gender equity and health promotion program plans, and integrated family violence services.

As part of our integrated family violence service portfolio, GenWest works in partnership with the state government in delivering integrated family violence service via The Orange Doors support and safety hubs (‘Hubs’) located at Sunshine and Werribee, with additional satellite locations. Due to this partnership, GenWest is currently looking for an experienced family violence team leader or a senior practitioner that would like to step into a team leader role to join our team. The Specialist Family Violence Team Leader roles will work from our Footscray location until September 2022, roles will then move into the appointed Orange Doors location.

ABOUT ORANGE DOORS

The Orange Door service includes a mix of staff from five service providers including GenWest (Child FIRST, VACCA, VACSAL, Western Health Djerriwarrh). The Orange Door will bring together diverse practices to create an integrated and consolidated intake point to work with victim survivors of family violence, families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of infants, children, and young people and perpetrators of family violence.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Specialist Family Violence Team Leader will be located at one of The Orange Door sites and employed via GenWest. The role will report directly to the Specialist Family Violence Manager, working closely with Hub team leaders, Specialist Family Violence Senior Practitioners and Practitioners. The Specialist Family Violence Team Leader are required:

• Manage day to day coordination and oversight of a specialist family violence team.
• Recruit, train, coach and mentor new and existing staff across the employee lifecycle.
• Professionally represent GenWest whilst working within a diverse service matrix management model.
• Collaborate with other service partners and provide specialist family violence knowledge.
• Oversee service quality delivery adhering to various policies and procedures.
• Champion, drive and enact GenWest’s organisational purpose, mission, values and culture.

The Team Leader position is available on either a full time or 0.9 EFT basis and paid at GenWest EA Level 7 pay point negotiable dependent on experience (ranges from $100,262.24 - $104,451.36) pro rata EFT + 10% superannuation. There are multiple positions available across both Werribee and Sunshine locations.

WHY JOIN GENWEST?

GenWest is a feminist organisation and culturally aligns to feminist values and practices.

We are guided by our values: Freedom, Connection, Resistance, Love and Creativity. These values are the foundation of how we conduct ourselves and interact with each other, our clients, members, community, suppliers, board, and other stakeholders.

GenWest’s staff enjoy numerous benefits, including working with a professional and dedicated team of women, ongoing professional development and training, flexible working conditions, Substitute 26 January, Employee Assistance Program and salary sacrificing.

GenWest has a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we work with. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. GenWest has a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTI.

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by the Victoria Police and a Working with Children Check. You also need to provide international police check if you have worked overseas within the last ten years for a minimum of twelve months and provide a COVID-19 vaccination history or authorised medical exemption.

GenWest is an equal opportunity employer with VCAT Exemption No. H119-2017 to employ only people that identify as women, and to employ women from specified culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

How to Apply

Please respond to the Key Selection Criteria (located in the Position Description linked below) in a brief cover letter to submit with your application. Applications that do not respond to the Key Selection Criteria will not be considered.

Please indicate what location you are interested in applying for.

For further details, please contact Claire Bennett, Manager Family Violence First Response claire@genwest.org.au or Amanda Devine, People and Culture Business Partner recruitment@genwest.org.au, using the subject line: Specialist Family Violence Team Leaders - Orange Doors enquiry via EthicalJobs.