Child Protection Counsellor

Child Protection Counsellor

Wallsend Campus

About the role:

Hunter CPCS provides therapeutic intervention, care coordination and advocacy for families where there is ROSH child protection concerns.  Our goal in working with families is focused on increasing safety and parenting capacity.  We work with parents, carers and children and young people around placement stability, restoration, and family preservation. 

In this role you will be part of a small team incorporating several Child Protection Counsellors and an Aboriginal Health and Family Worker. We are committed and enthusiastic about providing high-quality trauma-informed care to families.  We love a challenge and are keen to grow and learn together to continue to improve services and increase safety for the families that we work with.

We are an outreach service, providing therapeutic support to families in their local community. We work closely with the systems and organisations that the family is linked with. We are committed to ongoing professional development and utilise evidence-based practice. Supporting families using clinical review, supervision, and training to support our work. 

Where you’ll be working: 

• The Hunter Child Protection Counselling Service (CPCS) is a unit of the Violence, Abuse and Neglect stream within Children, Young People and Families network based at Harker Building, Wallsend Health Campus.
• In this team we will work together to help you learn about the role, with a mix of formal orientation and learning together on the ground.   We link with Child Protection Counsellors throughout the District and are continually building our practice skills.  You will have access to training through EVAC, as well as individual and group supervision.
• We work hard to create a team culture of working together, sharing knowledge with a focus on fun and families.   

Benefits:

• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees).
• Four (4) weeks annual leave for temporary and permanent employees (pro-rata if part time).
• Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members.
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.
• Working for a highly regarded public health facility, where supporting the local community is at the forefront of our business strategy.
• Career Development opportunity.
• Free parking on site.
• You will receive support from the online manager, and we also offer team supervision and individual supervision.
• We regularly celebrate birthdays and other special occasions to appreciate the unique milestones and moments of our team members.

Requirements:
Our successful candidate will possess the following:

• Must hold tertiary qualifications and relevant experience in Social Work, Psychology or Clinical Psychology which provides eligibility or membership with the relevant professional association and/or holds general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Willingness to participate in the after-hours sexual assault roster.   The after-hours service is well-staffed, and the expectation is never more than two (2) shifts a month and you are able to nominate your shifts!
• Eligibility to drive in NSW and willingness and ability to travel for work purposes.

About you:

• You will be a team player and passionate about helping vulnerable families who have experienced trauma.
• You will bring strong therapeutic skills in working with families, and or be committed and excited to develop these skills.
• You will have knowledge of child protection, domestic and family violence and the impact of trauma and keen to further grow and develop this knowledge. 

Additional information:

• We strongly encourage applicants who identify as being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander to apply.
• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
• This position is full time; however, part time/job share arrangements may also be considered.
• Casual opportunities may be available for recommended applicants. If you are currently employed with HNE Health in a position of the same grade, you may not need to submit an online application to be considered. Please contact the hiring manager to discuss your options first.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

Need more information?

• Click here for the Position Description
• Find out more about applying for this position
  For role related queries or questions contact Teresa Perram on Teresa.Perram@health.nsw.gov.au
  
  

Information for Applicants:

Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2

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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. 

Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most HNELHD employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via nswhealth@salarypackagingplus.com.au or 1300 40 25 23.

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.

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