Aboriginal Sexual Assault Worker - Identified

As an Aboriginal Sexual Assault Worker you will provide compassionate support for survivors!

Aboriginal Sexual Assault Worker – Identified

Wallsend Campus/Awabakal Country

This is a position identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people on the basis of a genuine occupational qualification under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the selection criterion.

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

About the role:

This role is a key position in establishing trust and building relationships between the Newcastle Sexual Assault Service and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clients, Families and Communities.

In this role you will work directly with Aboriginal families to help them to engage with services. It also works with services to develop the provision of culturally appropriate engagement. 

This position provides therapeutic and case management services to adult and child victims of sexual assault and their non-offending family members, including the provision of crisis counselling and support and facilitation of forensic/medical services as required. 

Where you’ll be working: 

• The Newcastle Sexual Assault Service sits on the land of the Awabakal people and operates out of the Harker Building at the Wallsend Health Campus where this position is based.
• The Service also operates a 24-hour crisis response from the John Hunter Hospital.
• Our team are passionate and enthusiastic about working within a trauma-informed framework and building a workplace that values diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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.
• You will be well supported by the Team Leader and Clinical Lead and will be offered a robust period of orientation.
• Many training opportunities are available through the Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV).
• Cultural and Clinical supervision will be prioritised and you will have the opportunity to collaborate with the Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Worker with the Child Protection Counselling.

Requirements:
Our successful candidate will possess the following:

• Must hold a degree in Social Work, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer, which provides eligibility or membership of the relevant professional association / full registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Must participate in the Sexual Assault on-call roster and provide consultation and/or supervision to other staff regarding sexual assault.
• Must participate in regular clinical supervision.
• Eligible to drive in NSW with a current unrestricted NSW Drivers Licence.

About you:

• You will have experience working with Aboriginal families and communities who have experienced violence, abuse and neglect, including Child Protection.
• You will have a good knowledge and understanding of intergenerational trauma.
• You will be motivated and skilled in time management, prioritising competing commitments, and managing and responding to stressful situations.
• You will be a team player and value working in collaboration with others.

Additional information:

• 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.
• 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 Alison Porter on Alison.Porter@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

Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health.  For more information, please visit:  http://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp.

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific 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. 

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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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