Clinician, Gatehouse Sexual Assault Service

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $94,000 - $106,000

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Medicine, nursing and midwifery

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:13324
- Clinician, Gatehouse Sexual Assault Service
- Western Melbourne Location
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Friendly and supportive team environment

**About the role**

Are you a dedicated counselling and social services professional looking to make a significant impact to the lives of children and families? Join Gatehouse’s Sexual Assault Support Services community-based team in a Full-Time, ongoing position working 80 hours per fortnight.

In this role, you will provide vital therapeutic and support services within a trauma model of recovery, for children and young people who have experienced sexual harm and their non-offending family members. Beyond direct clinical counselling work, you will also have opportunities to contribute to Gatehouse’s Intake function, supporting access to our service for those who need help the most. This involves receiving and responding to referrals for service, providing professional secondary consultation regarding child sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviour and providing sexual assault crisis responses. You will also be required to participate in the after-hours sexual assault crisis response roster.

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Delivery of quality and evidence-based assessment, therapeutic interventions and support for children/young people who have experienced sexual harm and their family members
- Promotion of a rights-based, trauma-focused model of recovery for children and their families through collaboration and consultation within RCH departments and external agencies including Child Protection, education, mental health, courts and other community services
- Contribution to a culture of open and effective communication, teamwork and lifelong learning

Classification for this position will range from:

- Social Worker Grade 2, Years 1-4 (SC21 - SC24);
- Psychology Grade 2, Years 1-4 (PK1 - PK4);
- Occupational Therapy Grade 2, Years 1-4 (VF6 - VF9);
- or Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 3, Year 1 to Year 4 (NP81 - NP74)

**Your skills and experience**:

- Recognised qualification in relevant discipline with current Board registration/eligibility for membership with professional body
- Satisfaction of relevant discipline’s continuing professional development standards
- A commitment to ethical practice

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

**About Gatehouse Sexual Assault Service**

Gatehouse Sexual Assault Service is a department of the Royal Children’s Hospital and a specialist sexual assault service.

Gatehouse provides therapeutic interventions and support for Children and young people aged 0-17 and their non-offending family member and carers living in the Brimbank Melton or Western Melbourne areas (Moonee Valley, Maribyrnong, Melbourne Hobsons Bay and Wyndham LGAs) or who are inpatients at the The Royal Children’s Hospital. Services are provided at community-based sites in Melton, Werribee and at the RCH.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Professional development and special events

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure
- Participation in after-hours sexual assault crisis response roster

**Application process**

To apply, please upload your resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your qualifications, skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**
- RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
- We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
- It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
- It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption