Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Job title Sexual Assault Counsellor Designation Professional 3
Job type Full time Duration Fixed from 21/09/2026 to 20/09/2027
Salary $114,199 - $127,898 Location Darwin
Position number 70262359 RTF 352848 Closing 05/08/2026
Contact Officer Prudence Boylan on 08 8922 6472 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=352848
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of sexual assault services in the form of counselling: an integrated crisis response:
advocacy, education and training: and capacity building.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide sexual assault counselling and support to adults and children who are recent or past victims of sexual assault, and to
their families including an integrated crisis response in a multi-disciplinary context to victims of sexual assault.
2. Provide input, advice, information and training on sexual assault issues to community and Government agencies to raise
awareness of sexual assault and support for victims of sexual assault.
3. Increase the capacity of the community to respond locally to sexual assault issues and liaise with other relevant community
services and health providers.
4. Participate in the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) on-call roster as required.
5. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken
in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
6. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary role modelling behaviour.
7. Participate in remote community work, working away for up to three days at a time.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. A degree in Social Work, Psychology or Counselling which gives eligibility for membership with Australian Association of Social
Workers (AASW), Australia Psychological Society (APS), Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or Psychotherapy and
Counsellors Association of Australia (PACFA) or other tertiary qualification appropriate to the position.
2. Minimum three to five years experience in a counselling position.
3. Demonstrated experience in the provision of a range of trauma informed interventions, including therapeutic and crisis
counselling and the application of relevant theories, methods and models of practice for children and adult sexual assault
victims.
4. Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
5. Awareness, understanding and experience of work in a cross cultural environment particularly in relation to Aboriginal culture
and of the issues confronting Aboriginal children, adults, families and communities in regard to sexual assault.
6. Knowledge of and experience in education/ training, group work, community development and capacity building as it relates
to sexual assault services and prevention activities
7. High-level written and oral communication and organisational skills including the ability to reflect on, articulate and record
what you do and why
8. An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures
Desirable
1. Hold a current class C Northern Territory (NT) driver’s licence or the ability to obtain.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice
and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.
For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with
blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.
