Aboriginal Clinical Advisor New Street Services

NSW Health; Sydney; On-site; AUD 154,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Health’s Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network seeks an Aboriginal Clinical Advisor to join the CYPSS team at Westmead. Work with CYPSS colleagues to advance therapeutic practice and cultural safety for Aboriginal children and families, including training and advisory support across NSW.

The role focuses on improving outcomes for Aboriginal young people, collaborating with PARVAN and SCHN teams to promote culturally safe care and systemic improvements.

Qualifications

• Aboriginal clinician or consultant with focus on wellbeing and healing.
• Ability to develop culturally safe and responsive models of care.
• Experience in therapeutic practice with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and clinical advice regarding Aboriginal wellbeing and healing frameworks.
• Lead statewide cultural safety and workforce capacity building initiatives.
• Develop cultural consultation, supervision and training for staff in PARVAN and CYPSS.
• Contribute to policies and reporting for Aboriginal children and families.

Skills

Aboriginal health expertise

Cultural safety

Therapeutic practice

Job description

Aboriginal Clinical Advisor New Street Services

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Health Mgr Lvl 4
Remuneration:153559 - 182954 full-time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ691550
Location: Westmead
Applications Close: Midnight on 7 October 2026

As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are united by compassion, collaboration and excellence in care.

Whilst this position is open to all individuals, it is targeted to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people under section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply and consideration will be given to suitable Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants to promote equal or improved access. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the selection criterion.

New Street Services provide therapeutic services across NSW for children and young people aged 10 to 17 years who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviours towards others, and their families and caregivers. New Street Services are committed to closing the Gap in Aboriginal Health Outcomes and as such prioritise Aboriginal young people as part of our service provision. Our team members are engaged in training to enable culturally safe and responsive models of care. Identified Aboriginal Counsellor Positions are in place at every New Street Service across the state as part of this commitment. New Street services are part of NSW Health’s Prevention and Response to Violence Abuse and Neglect (PARVAN).

We are looking for an Aboriginal clinician or consultant to join the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network ‘Children and Young People’s Sexual Safety’ team (CYPSS) based at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. You will work closely with CYPSS team members to develop and support therapeutic practice, education and training for people working with children and families. You will provide cultural and therapeutic support for Aboriginal New Street clinicians across NSW as key focus of this role. You will also work together with other members of the CYPSS team to influence how services respond to children displaying problematic and harmful sexual behaviours (PHSB), and sexual assault more broadly. This position provides a unique opportunity to positively influence the NSW Health system to improve outcomes for Aboriginal children and families. The scope of this role also includes:

Providing strategic and clinical advice regarding Aboriginal wellbeing, trauma and healing frameworks and their application in relation to PHSB.

Play a leading role in statewide cultural safety, workforce capacity building and system improvement projects in collaboration with Ministry of Health Programs Delivery Office and PARVAN teams.

Participate in the development of cultural consultation and advice, cultural supervision and training for Aboriginal staff in PARVAN services and to CYPSS workforces.

Provide input and support in the development and implementation of consistent and coordinated policies, practices, systems, models of care and reporting which apply to Aboriginal children and families and PHSB that are culturally safe.

Working together with related Aboriginal workforces in the NSW Health PARVAN (Prevention and Response to Violence Abuse and Neglect) sector.

This opportunity provides room for you to bring your skills, passion and cultural lens to help ensure the delivery of culturally safe programs. The intention of these programs is to bring culture into therapeutic processes. This position connects with the Aboriginal Clinical Advisor for the Safe Wayz Program who is also in the CYPSS team and the Clinical Advisor, Aboriginal wellbeing, trauma and healing at the NSW Ministry of Health. The CYPSS team is part of The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN). The Aboriginal Clinical Advisor position is connected to the wider SCHN Aboriginal Workforce and supported by the SCHN Aboriginal Health Directorate. Clinical, administrative and cultural supervision are provided for the successful applicant.

For more information about NSW Health’s response for children and young people who have displayed Problematic or harmful sexual behaviour: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/parvan/hsb/Pages/default.aspx

For more information about PARVAN: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/parvan/Pages/default.aspx

Contacts:

Dale Tolliday: for more information about the role or meeting the team.PH: 0408 330 ***

Karen Beetson: to find out how SCHN supports Aboriginal staff. Please Contact Karen Beetson via ***************@health.nsw.gov.au