
Child Protection Counselling Service Triage Counsellor
20 hours ago
**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Location**: Lemongrove Campus
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ582937
**Applications Close**: 14/07/2025
**Position Classification & Remuneration**: Dependent on Qualifications
Social Worker or Counsellor Level 3: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour
Psychologist: $39.01 - $57.10 per hour
- With _**_CORE_**_ Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed_
- and develop in your chosen career role._
**About Us**
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
The Primary Care and Community Health Unit consists of 9 centres that provide a range of services for children, young people and their families, adults, older people and their carers. Our services range from health promotion, prevention and early detection through to assessment, treatment and continuing care. Our staff work in partnership with schools, GPs, hospitals, non-government agencies and other organisations to provide care across our centres, in people’s homes, other community venues as well as virtual care (telehealth).
The Child Protection Counselling Service (CPCS) provides specialist tertiary level therapeutic and case management services to children, young people and their parents/caregivers who have been in contact with the statutory child protection system or who are under the age of 10 years and are referred with problematic and harmful sexual behaviours.
On offer is a Permanent Full Time opportunity for a Child Protection Triage Management Counsellor, located at our Lemongrove Campus, Penrith. The Child Protection Triage Management Counsellor is responsible for the triaging and assessment of new referrals to the Child Protection Counselling Service as well as provision of specialist tertiary level therapeutic and case management services.
**Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees**:
- Accrued Day Off (ADO)
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here **Child Safe Standards**.
**What you will bring to the role**
- Degree in Social Work from an accredited course providing eligibility for membership of the Australia Association of Social Workers, or Degree in Psychology with full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia, or Bachelor's Degree in Counselling a recognised and accepted education provider or such other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer.
- Demonstrated high level understanding of the dynamics, intersection and effects of child abuse, neglect, sexual abuse and domestic and family violence.
- Demonstrated and extensive experience in carrying out assessment and case management activities and in providing specialist counselling to children and families with proven ability to make independent professional judgements about case planning and clinical management of a complex client group.
- Demonstrated extensive experience in delivering best practice models for working individually and systemically with children, young people and adults who have experienced trauma and abuse including experience in holding an overarching trauma informed framework.
- Demonstrated experience working with people who have experienced interpersonal and intergenerational trauma.
- Demonstrated high level experience/knowledge of Child Protection statutory systems, reporting responsibilities and health role in recognising and responding to child abuse and neglect.
- Experience in and commitment to, working with individuals and families from indigenous backgrounds and/or diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Current NSW State driver's licence (including P1 or above) and ability to attend Nepean Hospital within 1 hour as required in participation of 24/7 crisis roster.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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