This is a unique opportunity to work in an exceptional women's health organisation - making a positive and critical difference in women's lives.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Manage the Centre’s mental health and domestic and family violence team according to the Centre’s feminist philosophy and practice. This includes direct supervision and mentoring and managing the:
  • rosters and staff caseloads
  • client intake process and client pool
  • monitoring and evaluation framework for assessing and progressing clients
• Provide counselling services to individual clients, including psycho-social assessments, information giving, advocacy and therapeutic counselling in a client-centred framework.
• Liaise and participate with the Centre’s health care team through discussion, advocacy, education, case reviews and clear clinical recording to ensure continuity of care.
• Participate in the development, facilitation and evaluation of therapeutic, education/support groups as time and workload allows.
• Establish and maintain a client record utilising Medical Director for each individual client in keeping with NSW Health guidelines and legislative requirements.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST HAVE:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications / training
• At least five years’ experience managing a community based mental health team
• A feminist understanding/analysis of women’s issues/women’s health issue
• An ability to work safely with women of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
• Experience in counselling women, including those who have experienced domestic and family violence, child abuse, use of alcohol and other drugs, depression, grief and loss, low self-esteem, using a trauma and violence informed approach.

You must have a current NSW Drivers Licence, National Criminal Record Check and a Working with Children Police Check.

WE VALUE A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with a disability and women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person and also advise us of your preferred method of communication.

The successful applicant will be offered a permanent part time position. A remuneration package commensurate with professional experience will be offered, based on the SCHADS Award. The Illawarra Women's Health Centre is a union supporting workplace.

As per the Public Health (COVID 19 Vaccination of Health Care Workers) Order 2021, being vaccinated against COVID-19 is an essential requirement for this position.

Our services are provided only to women. We consider being a woman is a genuine occupational qualification for this position under section 31 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) and sections 30 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).

A position description is attached.