Safe Wayz Clinician / Senior Clinician – Aboriginal identified

What you'll be doing

Safe Wayz coordinates an integrated response for children under the age of criminal responsibility (currently 10 years in NSW) with problematic or harmful sexual behaviours (PHSBs). Safe Wayz adopts a strength-based, family focused and culturally centred trauma-informed approach to working with children and families to help prevent behaviours from escalating.

Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD (ISLHD) seeks to provide a culturally safe environment for people from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal families and communities.

The Program is integrated into ISLHD Violence, Abuse & Neglect services. The team will be supported through a State-wide clinical network, who will provide clinical and cultural connections, and support in undertaking this work. As an Aboriginal Safe Wayz Clinician you will have access to individual cultural supervision.

This role will coordinate primary prevention initiatives, provide early support for children and families to address behaviours when they are first identified, and coordinate pathways into specialist counselling services for children and families who need them. The role will hold a clinical case load and will also coordinate cultural consultation to support non-Aboriginal clinicians working with Aboriginal children and families.

What we can offer you

The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) provides you with an excellent career choice with many rewarding experiences. At ISLHD we are not just offering jobs, we are offering you the opportunity to excel in your chosen field and to experience a work life balance.

Work flexibility is very important at ISLHD and we provide our people with a range of benefits and conditions to assist with balancing the demands of work and personal life where possible. We offer :

• ADOs each month (for eligible full time employees)
• Study and development leave
• Access to in-house training, learning and educational opportunities
• Discounted parking
• Salary packaging options to reduce your tax and increase your take home pay (for eligible employees)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – counselling for you and your family

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (2 doses) which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Please provide proof of vaccination if available.

Talent Pool

This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool / eligibility list where candidates may be offered casual, ongoing permanent, or temporary full-time or part-time positions within the next 18 months.

Please note : Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.