Social Worker - Sydney, Australia - NSW Government -Western Sydney Local Health District

NSW Government -Western Sydney Local Health District

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Sydney, Australia

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

beBee Recruiter

Description

Employment Type:
Permanent Part Time

Position Classification:
Social Worker Level 4

Remuneration:
$ $58.95 per hour

Hours Per Week: 16 hours

Requisition ID:
REQ338687

Location:
Western Sydney Local Health District Area Wide

Where you'll be working

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region.

We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond' and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.

What you'll be doing
The Alternate Care Clinic (ACC) is a specialist community mental health team located at Redbank House.

The ACC aims to provide a comprehensive and highly specialised mental health service to children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) with high and complex needs.

Clients comprise of children and young people 0-18 years with extreme trauma histories, attachment difficulties and highly challenging presentations.

The Senior Social Worker employed by ACC is part of a multi-disciplinary team, which offers a broad, systemic intervention to this population.

This involves direct psychiatric and therapeutic interventions with the child / young person and their carers, the co-ordination and support of services 'around' the client and the education / training and support of key stakeholders in the out-of-home care system.

In their role of "complex case consultant", the Senior Social Worker is thus required to possess specialised knowledge in areas such as trauma, attachment and systemic intervention, and the capacity to intervene at a number of different levels in the client's life.

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard._

_Please note:

__To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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Essential Criteria:

Qualification:
Tertiary qualification in Social Work

Selection Criteria:

Eligibility for the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Extensive experience in working therapeutically with children and adolescent with significant behavioural, emotional and/or psychosocial difficulties.
Clinical experience working with children or adolescents in outofhomecare and/or the child protection system.
Specialised knowledge in areas such as trauma, attachment and systemic interventions including experience in providing family therapy and an awareness of evidenced based therapies such as TF-CBT, DBT, EMDR.
Demonstrated capacity to provide consultation and training to other professionals including more junior health professionals.
Current Drivers Licence valid within Australia.

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**Applications Close: 20th August 2023