AddressPosition Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $2081.21 - $2148.65 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ487037
An Eligibility List (E-List) or talent pool may be created from this recruitment episode to assist in filling future permanent, temporary, or casual full-time and part-time positions.
Join our dynamic Inpatient Social Work team at CCLHD, specialising in Neurology services at Gosford Hospital's C4 unit. Here, you'll play a crucial role in supporting patients and their families facing neurological challenges, excluding neurosurgery, ensuring they navigate their journey with optimal care and support.
As a Social Work Team Leader in Neurology Services, you'll draw upon your extensive clinical expertise to deliver top-tier care within a multidisciplinary framework. From addressing acute episodes to aiding in the management of conditions like Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and more, you'll guide patients and their loved ones through the emotional complexities of their illness and hospitalisation. Operating autonomously within our team, you'll provide senior leadership to fellow Inpatient Social Workers, proactive service development, education, and supervision. Your role encompasses comprehensive assessment, crisis intervention, and counselling, alongside facilitating seamless transitions to community services and support networks.
About You
- You hold Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, with eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (overseas qualifications must supply the AASW Overseas Assessment number). A demonstrated understanding of the current AASW Practice Standards as they relate to the Social Work Team Leader position.
- Demonstrated social work experience in the Neurology area and in providing psychosocial assessment and crisis management, within person centred, trauma informed and brief intervention models, and well-developed understanding of the psychosocial issues that arise for patients/clients and their families during chronic and acute illness and trauma.
- You have demonstrated team management and leadership experience of a clinical team providing supervision to staff and students, effectively managing staff professional development and performance and the building of a mutually supportive team.
Where You'll be Working
The neurology ward is an acute hospital ward within Gosford Hospital. You will be working with a highly skilled and motivated multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated to patient centred and trauma informed care. The role provides social work support to patients, of varying ages, who have experienced a neurological event.
As the leading healthcare provider in the region, Central Coast Local Health District is well known for its dedication to high quality patient care and community services. CCLHD provides the community of the Central Coast with a caring environment dedicated to improving the patient journey. As an employer we offer our staff competitive benefits such as salary packaging, a monthly day off, paid maternity and parental leave, flexible work arrangements and professional development programs.
What We Offer
- Salary Packaging of Relocation costs through our Salary Packaging partner Salary Packaging Plus.
- Full-time employees receive an Additional Day Off (ADO) through our ADO policy.
- Full Salary Packaging services are provided - which means you save more tax.
- Discounted Fitness Passport to balance your wellbeing.
- Professional Development through access to experienced and quality leadership.
- Social Club.
- Access to Wellbeing programs and support through our Employee Assistance Program.
Child Safe Standard Commitment
Central Coast Local Health District is committed to ensuring child safety in all our health services, and hospitals in every ward, emergency department, waiting room, clinic as well as our online and virtual spaces. The Central Coast Local Health District has already taken significant steps to keep children safe, though more work needs to be done to ensure that child safety is embedded in all the care that we deliver and is across all systems, policies and processes. The Child Safe Standards provide a framework that outlines the essential elements of Child Safe organisations. Through the application of the Child Safe Standards our organisation will build a culture where abuse is prevented, responded to and reported. Child safety is everyone’s responsibility and The Central Coast is committed to promoting the rights of children and young people and empowering and promoting their voices within the Central Coast. Standard 5; People working with children are suitable and supported.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Central Coast Local Health District, we are committed to creating a diverse, and inclusive environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like assistance with your application or to obtain more information on how to apply, please visit our Stepping Up initiative. The ‘Stepping Up’ online resource aims to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants understand how to apply for roles within NSW Health by clarifying the recruitment and onboarding process.For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx
Please note that all NSW Health workers are now required to have received 2 doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.
Need more information?
Applications Close: Sunday 19 May 2024 at 11:59 pm
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