Social Worker Level 3 - Sydney, Australia - NSW Government -The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
2 weeks ago
Description
Employment Type:
Permanent Full Time
Position Classification:
Social Worker Lvl 3
Remuneration:
full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID:
REQ461182
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia.
We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to work within a supportive mental health multi-disciplinary team at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
This is a full-time permanent Level 3 position in the Consultation Liaison Team (CLT) in the Department of Psychological Medicine.
The team provides a wholistic and family centred mental health service to children and young people experiencing mental health issues and chronic illnesses.
What you'll be doing
The social worker will provide clinical services to inpatients and outpatients referred to the CLT from different medical teams within the hospital.
The role offers the opportunity to provide short term and longer term therapeutic interventions, access to family therapy and social work supervision, generous professional development opportunities, a variety in clinical complexity and presentation, a supportive and encouraging environment to further develop clinical skills.
This is an ideal role for social workers wanting to work towards their mental health accreditation (as the role includes providing focused psychological strategies).
The social worker will also have the opportunity to participate in teaching, research and quality improvement activities.
After hours on call work is not part of the role, however social workers can choose to join the on-call roster for the Social Work department and/ or the Child Protection Unit.
- Eligibility for AASW membership with significant post graduate experience in social work practice with families and children.
- Substantial post graduate experience in social work practice with children and their families.
- Clinical skills and expertise in providing mental health assessment and treatment to children, teens and their families.
- A welldeveloped knowledge of the psychosocial challenges facing families in the relevant clinical area and a sound knowledge of relevant community resources and support services available to the children and families.
- Experience in a variety of interventions/ therapeutic modalities including psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, case management, counselling, group work.
- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in providing clinical supervision, service planning and quality improvement activities.
- Competent computer skills and ability to adapt to new IT systems.
SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers.
If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.
Please refer to the Application Guide and NSW Policy Directive PD2022_030 _Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases_ for vaccination requirements.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).
***NSWHealth is committed to child safety in line with the Child Safe Standards
***Applicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.
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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**Applications Close: 19/02/2024
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