• Casual - After Hours and On Call

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

Located in the heart of Melbourne, the Centre Against Sexual Assault [CASA House] is a department of the Royal Women's Hospital. CASA House works with people of all genders (including providing support to trans and gender diverse people and communities). CASA House provides 24-hour services to victim/survivors of sexual assault, including immediate crisis care, counselling, support and advocacy, after hour’s crisis response, support groups & information for non-offending family members and friends. CASA House also provides secondary consultation and education and training.

At CASA House you will be joining a team which values inclusivity, diversity and intersectionality, a team that is passionate about ensuring victim/ survivors are provided with timely support and that the silence which surrounds sexual assault continues to be broken. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday

Your contribution

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Provision of a service based on an intersectional feminist, rights advocacy, violence and trauma informed practice framework
• Provision of high-quality crisis care and follow up services for victim/survivors of sexual assault
• Participation in the after-hours roster to provide 24 hour immediate response to victim/survivors of recent sexual assault
• Participate in the duty and intake service assessing and enabling eligible people to access our service with ease

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work or other relevant health profession
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or other relevant professional body (e.g. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia)
• Demonstrated crisis counselling experience and knowledge and skills in supporting survivors of sexual assault and violence
• Provision of a service based on an intersectional feminist, rights advocacy, violence and trauma informed practice framework
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), negotiation and advocacy skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a crisis practice context.

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits.

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

Vaccination Requirements

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

In line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

Influenza Vaccination Requirement

In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care. Evidence of vaccination is required. As this role fits into category A or B of the departments risk ratings, applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against influenza. Evidence of vaccination is required.

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.