Farmgate Counsellor

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time until June 2025
**Location**: Location Negotiable across the Upper Hunter and Peel locations
**Position Classification**:Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist and Social Worker Level 3
**Remuneration**: $70,049.73 - $128,653 per annum + superannuation
**Hours Per Week**:38
**Requisition ID**: REQ527101
**Applications Close**: 27th October 2024

**About the Role**
As the Farm Gate Counsellor, you will provide a high quality specialist counselling service to individuals, families and agricultural groups within rural and remote communities adversely affected by natural disasters. As a clinician working in partnership with the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program, you will provide clinical services to individuals in disaster affected communities, in addition to the provision of professional/clinical supervision and leadership to less experienced practitioners.

**Where you'll be working**
The Farm Gate Support Program provides mental health and emotional support to farmers, farming families, local businesses and service providers affected by the many adversities faced by regional and rural communities. The support program is designed to meet the needs of individuals, couples and families; whether they require short term conversations and information or ongoing formal counselling options as well as an opportunity to build community cohesion.

You will have an autonomous role within a small team in the Upper Hunter or Peel (negotiable) with some outreach and travel required. You will be supported in this position by a thorough orientation period with continued training and educational opportunities provided.

**About You**

**Additional Information**
- This position is full time; however, part time arrangements will be considered.
- To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
- An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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**Information for Applicants**:
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.

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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