Team Leader

Job Requisition ID: 3685
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Posting Date: 18 Feb 2025

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**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

**Our Journey**

The **South East Centre Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (SECASA)**, is a program of Monash Health and has the responsibility in the Southern Region of the Department of Families, Fairness & Housing (DFFH) for:

- The provision and development of effective services to victim/survivors and associated people affected by sexual assault and family violence.
- The provision of assessment and treatment for children and young people who have displayed in harmful sexual behaviour.
- The provision of public education and professional training on sexual assault and anti-violence issues
- Social planning and processes related to reducing societal violence.

Reporting to Manager, SECASA, Children Young people and family’s team. This position supports the Manager in leading the operational and clinical operations of SECASA’s Children Young People and Family’s team. This position champions the provision of quality clinical counselling and therapeutic interventions for children and young people at SECASA providing evidence based therapeutic interventions and clinical support for the team.

**A Day in the Life**

As a member of the leadership team, this position will support operationalising SECASA’s strategic direction. This includes support to enable SECASA to achieve service targets within budget as specified in service agreements by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. In addition, you will play a key role in embedding evidenced based modalities into our service provision.

The Team Leader will have a strong emphasis on collaborative leadership, building and supporting a resilient team, and outstanding communication resulting in positive client outcomes. SECASA Team Leaders are recognised for their operational and clinical expertise, consolidated skills, and capacity to support team members to provide high quality therapeutic interventions

**What you bring**:

- Passion for working with those affected by sexual harm, using sexually harmful and family violence.
- Wanting to make a difference in the life of a child, young person and their family.
- Demonstrated clinical experience working with and responding to complex trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence.
- Crisis intervention skills necessary for supporting people who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence.
- Collaboratively work with other professionals and agencies to enhance wellbeing and safety for clients.

**What you need**:
Social Work
- Formal qualification in Social Work and eligibility for AASW
- An Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) accredited bachelor’s degree or entry level master’s degree of Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the AASW
- Written evidence of eligibility of AASW membership for overseas qualifications
- Minimum of seven years’ experience as a qualified Social Worker
- Postgraduate study in a relevant field would be desirable

Psychology:

- Current General Registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) AHPRA
- A minimum of five years’ experience as a generally registered psychologist
- Having or working towards supervisor endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Appropriate post-graduate qualifications (Masters or Doctoral Degree) in counselling, clinical or forensic psychology in an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited course.
- Evidence of participation in clinical research activities
- Postgraduate study in a relevant field would be desirable

**In Return**:
SECASA has a strong emphasis on clinician well-being with flexible work hours, monthly ADO, 5 weeks annual leave per year. In addiction SECASA has a committed in-house wellbeing team with monthly social activities planned. As part of SECASA's commitment to you, SECASA ensures all full time employees receive $500 and 5 days Professional Development leave per year. In addition to this SECASA as the largest sexual assault service in Victoria also offers a comprehensive induction to the service, along with evidenced based trauma focused training to ensure you feel equipped to complete the role, such training includes TF-CBT, CPT and EMDR_._

As the largest sexual assault service in Victoria SECASA is leading the way in providing evidenced based therap