Sexual Assault Worker Leve 3 - Yass

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Location: Yass
Position Classification: Sexual Assault Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $24.77 - $56.54
Hours Per Week: 8
Requisition ID: REQ477873
Applications Close: 31 March 2024
Interview Details: Scheduled within 10 days of closingSouthern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here –What we offer:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
• Corporate Health and Fitness program
• 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
• Annual Leave Loading

Where you'll be working
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Yass Valley is bursting with wonderful experiences while having a proud connection to early rural Australia. A modern, thriving community with Canberra right on its door-step.
What you'll be doingThe Sexual Assault Counsellor is an integral part of the multidisciplinary health care team, providing specialist crisis and ongoing counselling to clients and families of the SNSW Local Health District in order to meet their health and wellbeing needs.Selection Criteria * Tertiary qualifications and current registration with AHPRA for Psychologists or eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers for Social Workers.

• Feminine gender is a genuine occupational requirement (Section 31 Anti Discrimination Act 1977).
• Demonstrated skills and significant recent experience in crisis support and ongoing counselling.
• Extensive specialist knowledge, clinical proficiency and ability to work as a Sexual Assault counsellor with minimal supervision, and work collaboratively in providing community education and development.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective, strong professional and community networks.
• Demonstrated understanding of the issues involved in working with Sexual Assault service clients including: the possible impact of Sexual Assault on victims and their families, the complexities of ensuring effective interventions to protect child and adult victims where a number of agencies are involved.
• Demonstrated high level verbal and written communication with the ability to adapt communication style to suit the target audience.
• Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific DiseasesThis is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.All NSW Health Category A workers are required to have received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.Australian Work Rights
Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please seeAt Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to applyNeed more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Carolyn Naylor on Carolyn.Naylor@health.nsw.gov.au