Sexual Assault Worker

2 weeks ago

Queanbeyan, Australia Southern NSW Local Health District Full time

Employment Type:
Temporary Full Time - To 18 August 2024

Location:
Queanbeyan

Position Classification:
Sexual Assault Worker Level 3

Remuneration:
Dependent on Qualifications

Psychologist:
$ $55.17

Sexual Assault Worker Level 3:
$ per hour

Social Worker Level 3:
$ per hour

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID:
REQ497473

Applications Close:23 June 2024

Interview Details:
Scheduled within 10 days of closing

Southern 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 - We are Southern

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 will 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.

Queanbeyan enviable lifestyle and affordable property surrounded by an eclectic mix of small towns and villages.

With Canberra just a 5-minute drive away, you can enjoy all the attractions of the nation's capital along with fabulous restaurants.

Connect easily and quickly with world through the Canberra International Airport, with the beach and ski fields just 2 hours away.

Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

What you'll be doing


The 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 mínimal 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.


At 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 apply

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases

  • This is a Category 'A' position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2022_030
  • 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.

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