Aboriginal Practice Lead - The Orange Door
Mildura (Onsite)
Full-time, Ongoing
SCHADS Level 7 - approx. $115,000 + Super + Salary Packaging
About the Role
This is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified position and a meaningful opportunity for an experienced Aboriginal practitioner to provide practice leadership within The Orange Door (TOD) in Mildura.
The Aboriginal Practice Lead plays a key role in strengthening culturally safe, trauma-informed and Aboriginal-led practice across The Orange Door workforce. You will support staff working with Aboriginal children, families and communities impacted by family violence, child protection concerns and complex needs.
This role is about walking alongside practitioners, sharing cultural knowledge, and helping embed Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing into everyday practice
Key Responsibilities
* Provide cultural and practice leadership to The Orange Door workforce
* Support culturally safe responses across family violence, child and family services, and perpetrator interventions
* Offer secondary consultations to internal staff and external partner services
* Strengthen workforce cultural safety, confidence and accountability
* Support non-Aboriginal practitioners to work respectfully and effectively with Aboriginal families
* Build and maintain strong relationships with Aboriginal communities and services
* Advocate for Aboriginal voices, self-determination and culturally safe systems within TOD
About You
You are an Aboriginal person with strong community connections and experience working in:
* Family violence, child and family services, and/or perpetrator interventions
* Practice leadership, mentoring or coaching roles
* Aboriginal community-controlled or mainstream service settings
You bring cultural authority, confidence and care to your work, and are comfortable supporting others to reflect, learn and grow in culturally safe practice
Requirements
* Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role
* Relevant qualifications and/or significant lived and professional experience
* Ability to work onsite in Mildura
* Working With Children Check and relevant background checks
What's On Offer
* SCHADS Level 7 salary (~$115,000)
* Salary packaging benefits
* Relocation assistance/bonus
* Secure, ongoing full-time role
* Opportunity to make a real difference for Aboriginal children, families and communities
How to Apply
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Commitment to Child Safety, Inclusion and being an equal opportunities employer
Tradewind Australia is committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and vulnerable people. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
All successful applicants will undergo reference checks, identity verification and Working with Children Check and further compliance requests pending the organisation's requirements.