About Bass Coast Health

Bass Coast Health (BCH) is the sub-regional health service for the Bass Coast and South Gippsland Shires, across Victoria’s South Eastern coast.

With head office at Wonthaggi Hospital, we serve the municipality with facilities in San Remo & Cowes, and dozens of staff on the road to wherever we’re needed.

An easy 90-minute drive from Melbourne means we’re easily commutable for those who haven’t yet cottoned on that the Bass Coast is the ideal place to live – with wineries, fooderies, farms, Phillip Island tourist attractions, the Bunurong Coastal Drive, Wilsons Prom, and miles of beaches, right on our doorstep!

In order to support our rapidly growing population, we’re forecast to grow our services, and our clinical and non-clinical workforce, by up to 45% to 2023. This means we’re always on the lookout for good people who embody our WE CARE values, who might make good additions to our excellent team.

• Permanent Part-Time
• 48 hours per fortnight

Applications are called from self-motivated practitioners to take up this position within the Bass Coast Counselling team.

The successful applicant must have:

Essential KSC:

• Social Worker; current registration or eligible for registration with AASW; or, tertiary qualifications, training and experience relevant to sexual assault support
• Demonstrated experience working therapeutically with people affected by sexual assault
• A strong working knowledge of the evidence base surrounding commonly presenting issues and theoretical frameworks in the field of sexual assault
• Highly developed therapeutic skill base in the practice of counselling including demonstrated proficiency in psychosocial assessment and case formulation
• Sound knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, policies and strategic directions relating to sexual assault
• Demonstrated skill participating as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team with ability to work autonomously
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills including demonstrated ability to engage across different mediums, i.e., face to face, phone and telehealth
• Demonstrated commitment to achieve KPIs, data integrity and information management
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence, Working with Children Check and valid Police Check

Desirable KSC:

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge working therapeutically with children and families
• Developed therapeutic skill base for assessment, engagement and working with people who have experienced trauma, abuse and loss
• Experience working with statutory and legislative bodies
• Experience providing community education and professional training
• Experience developing and facilitating group work
• A working knowledge of the evidence base surrounding commonly presenting issues and theoretical frameworks in the field of family violence
• Trained in the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework, Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS)
• Demonstrated experience and sound knowledge of unique challenges working in regional and rural environments
• A sound, applied understanding of health literacy, self-efficacy, peer support and strength-based models in human services
• Experience in clinical governance and risk management

For further information contact Cara Hammond on 5671 3343, Kylie Pollard on 0447 577 973 or contact Human Resources via email: [email protected], using the subject line: Sexual Assault Worker - Bass Coast enquiry via EthicalJobs.

In order to be considered, please ensure that your application is submitted by clicking Apply Now.

Bass Coast Health celebrates and supports our employees and community and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. BCH welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as LGBTIQ+ and people with disability.

Bass Coast Health is a smoke free organisation.