Child Wellbeing Practitioner – The Orange Door – Wodonga

• Supportive and culturally safe working environment
• Join an organisation that lives their values
• Purpose driven, highly rewarding roles with multidisciplinary teams

UMFC – a proud partner of The Orange Door – is an independent, non-government, locally community services organisation, offering a range of impactful programs and services that are responsive to the varying needs of communities extending from the cities of Albury/Wodonga, Wangaratta and Benalla to townships throughout the Towong, Mansfield, Alpine and Indigo shires and southern NSW. By providing information, support and advocacy, we seek to empower children, young people, individuals, families and communities, and to contribute to a balanced, just and ethical society. UMFC currently has a full-time position for a Child Wellbeing Practitioner in The Orange Door. With your skill and experience, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners to deliver high quality, safe and effective responses to children, young people and families experiencing family violence and families in need of support with the care, development and well-being of infants, children and young people.

The Orange Door provides an entry point for vulnerable children and families to access the range of services and supports they need to build the capacity of the family to support their children’s healthy development. As a Child Wellbeing practitioner you will complete intake and assessment to support the service system to strengthen the capacity of families to promote the safety, stability and development of their children and young people.

The Perks

• We offer attractive remuneration packages with excellent benefits, including salary packaging, novated leasing and well-being programs
• You’ll enjoy wonderful employee benefits and development opportunities
• Five weeks of leave per annum and additional personal leave days
• You’ll make a difference to the lives of people in our community

About the Role

The Child Wellbeing Practitioner, under the supervision of an Integrated Team Leader, will provide a specialist focus within Ovens Murray Orange Door on the wellbeing and development of children, young people and their families through:

• Actively focusing on the best interests of children and young people at all times.
• Assessments that include parents/carers and the whole family.
• Working with men as fathers/partners.
• Interventions that consider children and young people as individuals in their own right and take into consideration their opinions and wishes.
• Early help for children, parents, and families to support wellbeing, stability, development and safety.
• Providing a point of contact for secondary consultation, advice, and information.

The position may rotate between the Duty team, the Assessment and Planning team and the Screening, Identification and Triage team.

In line with the establishment of The Orange Door in Ovens Murray, this position will work from The Orange Door primary location and at times the Access Point in Wodonga, working alongside other roles at The Orange Door focused on child wellbeing and family violence, but will remain connected and involved with the rest of the UMFC Services.

Further enquiries can be directed to Manager The Orange Door, Maria Garvey on 0260558000 or to [email protected] using the subject line: Child Wellbeing Practitioner – The Orange Door – Wodonga enquiry via EthicalJobs.

All employment with UMFC is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Police Check and relevant ‘Employee’ Working with Children’s Check.

UMFC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.

All employees are required to have mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and evidence of vaccination will be required prior to commencement.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

All applications are to be submitted via UMFC’s website.

Applications will be assessed upon receipt.

Ref code: 6505763