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Child Protection Counselling Service

4 weeks ago

Wollongong, Australia NSW Government -Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Full time

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time

**Position Classification**: Social Worker Level 3, Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist

**Remuneration**: $35.93 - $63.12

**Hours Per Week**: 24

**Location**: Nowra Community Health Centre

**Requisition ID**: REQ425781

**Applications Close**: 7 September 2023

This is a permanent part time 24hpw position based at Nowra Community Health Centre with travel to other Shoalhaven Community Heath Centre sites for outreach as required.

**What you'll be doing**

Providing a specialist Social Work & Psychology service to patients, clients, consumers and their family/carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes consistent with ISLHD policies, procedures, standards, relevant legislation, and the NSW Health Code of Conduct.
CPCS is a child and family-centred trauma-specific therapy service. Its overarching purpose is to work towards the recovery and ongoing safety and wellbeing of children involved with the care and protection system. CPCS works with infants, children and young people, and their families and carers where it has been determined by Family and Community Services (FACS) that the children are at risk of significant harm due to violence, abuse and/or neglect.
The service aims to assist children recover from violence, abuse and/or neglect, and support them to achieve safety, security and permanency.
Therapeutic work may involve a combination of individual, dyadic, family therapy and group work. In addition to direct therapy with children and families, CPCS provides consultation and training to support other parts of the service system to contribute to the overall therapeutic outcomes for the child and their family/carers where child protection issues are present.
- This position qualifies for a _
**_Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $5,000_**:

- under the _
- NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme_
- ._

**_#RuralHealthIncentives_**

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (2 doses) 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 certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Please provide proof of vaccination if available.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

**Talent Pool**

**Please note**: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

Successful applicants to the role must provide certified documentation of vaccination history and pathology as part of their recruitment documentation. The applicant must be certified as compliant with Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases before employment can commence.

**Selection Criteria**
- Full registration with AHPRA as a Psychologist or a Social Work degree and eligibility for the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Extensive direct clinical experience providing counselling and group work and for people (including children) who have experienced violence, abuse, neglect and trauma.
- Demonstrated clinical practice with appropriate ethics and boundaries when working therapeutically with children, young people and their families who have experience violence, abuse or neglect as well as a demonstrated understanding of legislation related to the above issues.
- Demonstrated high level ability to communicate clearly and succinctly both verbally and in writing, and proven ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrated competence in the use of electronic information systems.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement activities and service evaluation processes with other staff and demonstrated capacity to provide clinical supervision.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence, with the ability to travel in accordance with position responsibilities.

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