• Position Title: Service Manager/s Clinical - Sexual Assault Support Service – Grade 4 Year 2
• Classification: Aligned to Allied Health Professionals
• Time Fraction: Full Time
• Location: Morwell, VIC
• Office Location: Multidisciplinary Centre, 31-41 Buckley Street, Morwell, 3840

About GCASA

Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (GCASA) provides comprehensive sexual assault support and treatment services across Gippsland. Culturally inclusive, GCASA supports diverse communities and operates within a framework protecting rights and dignity. Services include counselling, information, resources, group work, and professional training.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Supervision and Support: Provide high-quality supervision and support to Senior Clinicians and Counsellor Advocates within Crisis Care and Sexual Assault Support Services.
• Trauma-Informed Service Provision: Support and guide therapeutic service provision for those who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence.
• Crisis Management: Oversee crisis care and clinical referrals, ensuring quality and timely responses.
• Caseload and Risk Management: Oversee caseload management, client review, and risk assessment processes.
• Compliance and Best Practices: Ensure compliance with GCASA standards, relevant legislation, and professional guidelines.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate effective engagement with key stakeholders and enable reciprocal access to GCASA services.
• Service Development: Lead and support overall therapeutic service development.
• On-Call Duties: Participate in an on-call roster for after-hours service.

All Applicants must respond to the following:

Key Selection Criteria

• Qualifications: Degree level qualification or equivalent certification from a nationally accredited provider in social work, counselling, family therapy, or psychology, welfare, or relevant qualifications.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical experience working therapeutically with and responding to complex trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence.
• Demonstrated advanced crisis intervention skills necessary for supporting people who have experienced sexual assault and family violence, including risk assessment and safety planning and a strong understanding of MARAM.
• Excellent skills in building key stakeholder relationships collaborating with other professionals and agencies to enhance wellbeing and safety for clients, with an agile, creative, and problem-solving approach.
• Advanced working knowledge in the application of relevant legislation and professional guidelines (including privacy requirements, children and young people at risk, MARAM, Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme, Child Information Sharing Scheme, relevant professional Code of Ethics and Practice Standards, and privacy requirements)
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills, including an initiative-taking and constructive approach to the delivery of commitments, and building trust and rapport with colleagues and leadership.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development and education, and experience in supporting clinicians to work within frameworks of current and evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Application Information

• Pre-Employment Checks: Current Police Check and Working with Children Check.
• Application Requirements: All applicants must provide a cover letter addressing each key selection criteria and current resume with 3 referees' contact details. Please note applications without a key selection criteria response will not be accepted.

Applications welcome from culturally diverse and LGBTQI+ communities.

GCASA has a commitment to Child Safety Standards.

Next steps

For any questions, please contact the CEO via email: [email protected] using the subject line: Service Manager Clinical - Sexual Assault Support Service - Morwell enquiry via EthicalJobs or phone: 03 5134 3922.

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