Clinician - Child Protection Counselling Service

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Location: Goulburn Yass**

**Position Classification**: Dependent on Qualifications
**Remuneration**:
Counsellor Level 3: $54.77 - $56.54 per hour
Psychologist: $37.70 - $55.17 per hour

Social Worker Level 3: $54.77 - $56.54 per hour

**Hours Per Week**: 32
**Requisition ID**: REQ514540
**Applications Close**:1 September 2024**
**Interview Details**:Scheduled within 10 days of closing

The Welcome Experience | NSW Government

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

**What you'll be doing**

The CPCS worker is an experienced clinician with extensive specialist knowledge, providing high quality specialist trauma-specific therapeutic counselling and casework services to children, young people and their families/carers referred to the SNSW Local Health District CPCS services, in order to meet their health and wellbeing needs.

**Selection Criteria**
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Psychologist OR relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work or Counselling with eligibility to the respective Australian professional association.
- Post graduate experience providing high level specialist social work or psychology services to vulnerable children, young people and their families/carers with an understanding of relevant legislation and NSW Health policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Demonstrated proficient written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to use independent professional judgement while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and with interagency partners.
- Ability to build partnerships with key stakeholders to optimise outcomes for vulnerable children and their families/carers.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload and deliver care in keeping with AASW Code of Ethics or Aust. Psychology Board standards.
- Demonstrated commitment to and experience in providing professional development, quality improvement, clinical supervision and student supervision.
- 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 PD2024_015
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.

**Australian Work Rights**

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