Hub Practitioner - The Orange Door

At The Orange Door, every day brings a new story—and a chance to make a real impact. As a Hub Practitioner, you’re there when it matters most—supporting families, listening without judgment, and guiding people toward safety and stability. It’s challenging, purposeful work that puts children and their wellbeing at the centre. If you’re ready to be part of meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.

Employee Benefits

• 11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker well-being)- in addition to Annual Leave
• Above Award Salary of $97,537.44 - $101,951.17 (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:

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children, families, and individuals affected by family violence? Join us at The Orange Door as a Hub Practitioner—a role that’s all about making a difference, every single day.  Based in Warrnambool, you’ll be part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team working together to provide a single, integrated entry point for people seeking support with family violence, parenting challenges, or child wellbeing concerns.

As a Hub Practitioner, you’ll bring empathy, critical thinking, and sound judgement into every conversation. You’ll be supported by a progressive, collaborative team that values diversity, inclusion, and continuous learning. You’ll conduct risk and needs assessments, develop safety plans using evidence-based tools, and work closely with victim-survivors, children, and men as fathers—ensuring all voices are heard and respected. You’ll provide secondary consultation and expert advice, help keep adults using violence accountable and in view, and refer families to the right supports to ensure safety, stability, and long-term wellbeing. With a strong focus on collaboration, cultural safety, and professional judgement, this is a unique opportunity to be part of a bold, client-centred reform that’s creating safer futures for our communities.

If you're passionate about contributing to a more connected, child-focused, and safety-led service system—and you’re ready to work in a space that’s both challenging and incredibly rewarding—we’d love to hear from you.

This is an Ongoing position.

Do your skills include:

• A strong knowledge and understanding of the drivers/causes of family violence and child and family vulnerability, as well as the child and family services and/or broader social services sector and their fundamental practices and theories.
• Highly developed skills to undertake risk assessment and management plans, specific to or with transferability to the areas of family violence and child wellbeing and welfare. 
• A sound knowledge of the range of community, welfare, education, and health services available, or demonstrated capacity to acquire this knowledge.  .
• Demonstrated ability to appropriately engage and work with Adults Using Family Violence (AUFV)who have been violent and who may present with a range of complex issues that contribute to their choice to use violence and /or are present due to their violence.

Are your credentials:

In this role, employees must meet the minimum qualification requirements mandated by the Australian government for Specialist Family Violence Practitioners (as prompted by Recommendation 209 of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence);

• 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 to gain equivalent qualification by June 2026. 
• OR a related qualification as per the mandatory minimum qualification requirements and willing to undertake further study to gain 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.
• OR 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 inline with the p