Social Worker Level 3 - Mental Health

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.

During the recruitment process you will be assessed against all of the following selection criteria :

• 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 well-developed knowledge of the psycho-social 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.

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). Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. 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