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Health Professional Level 3
Salary Range: $108,459 - $116,711 (up to $122,546 on achieving a personal upgrade) (PN: 62482 - 02MOR)
Details: What can we offer you:
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
The Psychosocial Support Service is a newly established service that provides trauma-informed information and support for children, young people and their families with gender concerns and variations in sex characteristics (VSC), also known as differences in sex development or intersex variations.
The Unit is committed to working with children, young people and families to provide a high standard of professional treatment and care. This includes protecting the rights of people with a VSC under the Variation in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Act 2023 (VSC Act 2023).
As a Social Worker you will work with a multidisciplinary team, including psychosocial staff, relevant medical specialists, and other members of the care team, to provide individual consultations for clients with variations in sex characteristics. As a social worker you will provide psychosocial assessments and interventions for children, young people and their families with gender concerns and variations in sex characteristics. This may include supporting families to understand a child or young person’s treatment options so they can make fully informed decisions about potential interventions. In some cases, the role may extend to supporting a young person to make a decision about treatment, including statutory requirements under the VSC Act 2023. The position will involve significant liaison with peer support agencies, schools, specialist networks, statutory authorities, and other ACT Government bodies.
The Social Worker will report to the Care Coordinator of the VSC Psychosocial Unit. Please note, this reporting line may be subject to change. Professionally, the position holder will be responsible to the Director of Allied Health, Women, Youth and Children (WYC) Division and supported by the discipline Profession Lead.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
Note: This position is part-time at (14:70) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Contact Officer: Elissa.Jacobs@act.gov.au (02) 5124 4236 Elissa.Jacobs@act.gov.au
Applications Close: 19 May 2025
Feel free to contact horizon@aasw.asn.au / 1800 630 124.
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