There’s never been a better time to join Hunter New England Local Health District! This vacancy is eligible for a NSW Health Rural Health Incentive package of $5000 – $10,000 per year in addition to award entitlements and accommodation assistance (paid on a pro-rata basis for part time employees). Apply now and negotiate an incentive package that works for you and your family – you can include things like relocation and travel expenses, payment of professional development fees, additional personal leave entitlements, additional base salary, and a range of other options! 
 

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time with a temporary increase to Full time until June 2023
Position Classification: Counsellor Level 1-3, Psychologist, Sexual Assault Worker Level 1-3, Social Worker Level 1-3
Remuneration: Dependant on qualifications
Hours Per Week: up to 38 hours
Requisition ID: REQ308111 
Location: Taree Community Health Service
 

Aboriginal Sexual Assault Counsellor
Biripi and Worimi Country

This position is identified for Aboriginal people and exemption is claimed under 14d of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.  Aboriginal applicants must demonstrate Aboriginality in addition to addressing the selection criteria. For information on Confirmation of Aboriginality Requirements click here.  

Applicants must be female – under Section 31 (2) (h) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

Taree Sexual Assault Service is seeking to employ a suitable applicant to provide Sexual Assault counselling for individuals, families and groups who have had a recent or past sexual assault. The suitable applicant will also liaise between the Sexual Assault service and the local Aboriginal Community to help ensure we are meeting the needs of Aboriginal clients and that we are providing culturally sensitive care at all times.

The Aboriginal Sexual Assault counsellor is responsible for providing counselling, individual and group work to victims of sexual assault and collaborating with non-Aboriginal service providers to build the cultural competency of our service responses to sexual assault. The suitable applicant will also be responsible for assisting our service to partner with the local Aboriginal community, build relationships, and provide education on sexual violence, domestic violence and child protection.

The Aboriginal Sexual Assault counsellor plays a pivotal role within the Sexual Assault service in facilitating the delivery of culturally appropriate services that meet the needs of Aboriginal clients. The Aboriginal Sexual Assault Counsellor in this role will act as a cultural advisor and key link between our service and local Aboriginal Communities to enable two-way understanding to ensure both the cultural, support and counselling needs of Aboriginal clients as well as community, are met.

The Aboriginal Sexual Assault counsellor will work closely with non-aboriginal sexual assault counsellors in the Sexual Assault team as well as members of the broader Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Women’s Services team which include Child protection counsellors, Joint Child Protection Response Health Clinician and Women’s Health nurses. This is a supportive and welcoming team where we value openness and working together. As part of the team you will be supported with access to individual supervision, peer supervision, team building sessions and the broader Aboriginal Violence, Abuse Neglect (VAN) Services network. You will also work alongside a number of Aboriginal Health Workers, Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers and Aboriginal Mental Health trainee’s working in Taree and Forster Health services. 

You will partner with Aboriginal Medical Services in Taree and Forster including Biripi AMS and Tobwabba AMS.

The position is based at Taree Community Health Centre which is part of the Lower Mid North Coast (LMNC) Sector and is located next to the Manning Base Hospital. This is Biripi Country. At times you also might be required to travel to Forster or Gloucester Community Health centres which are also part of our LMNC sector. In Forster and Gloucester you will be working on Worimi Country.

We value and continue to strive to provide health services to the local Biripi and Worimi people that embrace their culture and recognise the importance of health services to their wellbeing.

HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies. 

Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Lynese.Robinson on 02 6592 9315 [email protected] 

Applications Close: Sunday the 11th December 2022