Murrumbidgee Local Health District Hiring for Out of Home Care Coordinator and Educator – Wagga Wagga Job at Wagga Wagga Full Time

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (until 6 January 2023 – Maternity Leave Backfill)
Position Classification: Health Manager – Level 2
Remuneration: $100,107.00 – $109,421.00 per annum, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading)
Hours per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ315526
Vaccination Category: A
Applications Close: 27 July 2022

Flexible working arrangements, supportive and encouraging teams, what are you waiting for? Apply today!

What we offer

• Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + $9k remote area housing + novated leasing
• Corporate health and fitness program
• Flexible working arrangements
• Genuine welcoming and supportive staff and communities
• Career development opportunities

Where you’ll be working

Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (WWBH) is one of the busiest rural hospitals in NSW with 300+ beds. We support over 40,000 emergency presentations, 1,100 births and approximately 11,000 operations each year.

WWBH provides services including critical care, medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric, and rehabilitation care along with mental health and community health services.

We work with a team of specialists which include cardiovascular, gastroenterology, renal medicine, obstetrics, orthopedics, psychiatry and pediatrics. There is also the provision of a full range of allied health and support services such as dental, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sexual health, violence prevention and response services.

A specialised Mental Health Recovery Unit provides a large modern and comfortable facility, and our community health services co-located on the Wagga Wagga campus.

To learn more about life in Wagga Wagga please visit: https://visitwagga.com/

About the Role

The position will provide a coordination function across Murrumbidgee Local Health Districts (MLHD) to improve responses to vulnerable children, young people and their families, particularly where concerns are raised by mandatory reporters via Child Wellbeing Units (CWU). The position is responsible for ensuring education and training programs for mandatory reports in relation to child protection and domestic violence are coordinated for MLHD. This includes providing advice, support and educate Mandatory Reporters to help them determine the level of risk to a child or young person and to plan what initial action may need to occur.

The Out of Home Care Coordinator functionality within this position will provide a coordination, leadership and support function across Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) to improve health responses to young people aged 12-24 years. The position will coordinate referrals and assessment outcome reports for children and young people referred to the MLHD Out of Home Care (OOHC) Health Assessments model pathway. Duties of the position will include facilitating training of staff in use of appropriate health assessment tools and the Youth Health Better Practice Checklist. The position will assist with implementation of multicultural health initiatives for this priority population group.

The position will act as a liaison and resource person to support multidisciplinary clinicians, Service Managers and other key stakeholders with their responsibilities in mandatory reporting requirements and the implementation of the MLHD OOHC Health Assessments pathway and the NSW Health Clinical Guidelines for health assessment of children and young people in OOHC.

The position holder will be required to work closely with the Director, Manager and Assessment Officers of Child Wellbeing Units and will have direct access to the Child Wellbeing Unit/ Child Story database. They will work closely with child protection and sexual assault services in the MLHD, as well as working in partnership with other services within MLHD. The position will prioritise key partnerships with other services based on the needs and priorities of the MLHD and within the scope of the Child Wellbeing and Out of Home Care Coordinator roles for which the positions have been funded.

The position holder will work as part of the MLHD Violence Abuse and Neglect (VAN) services and will participate in the after-hours on call service roster.

How to apply

Click apply or for a confidential discussion contact Fabia Hunter, Acting Clinical Lead – Child protection Counselling Service (CPCS) on 0428 114 765 or [email protected]

Your application will require you to include:

• Resume (CV); and
• Cover letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position

To learn more about the role, accountabilities and the required pre-employment checks, please see the Position Description

If interested, we encourage you to apply promptly. Applications will be assessed as they are received, with suitable candidates contacted and progressed without delay.

All NSW Health workers are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, as defined by NSW Health. Employees working in aged care and/or disability must have three doses of a COVID-19 vaccination. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. Should a medical contraindication certificate be provided, ongoing employment post certificate expiry is conditional to meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.