Social Work Team Leader Chronic And Complex Care Team

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

Where you'll be working

Royal North Shore Hospital

What you'll be doing

Lead and guide a Social Work service to patients, clients, consumers and their family/carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes consistent with NSLHD policies, procedures, standards, relevant legislation, and the NSW Health Code of Conduct. This position is responsible for providing professional leadership and team management to Social Work staff located in Royal North Shore Hospital Acute Care and Women, Children and Family Health Teams.
 
The position works co-operatively with the Social Work Head of Department and will assist in the coordination of comprehensive Social Work Services including supervision of a team of Social Workers. The position is expected to provide leadership in quality activities, attend to human resource management and manage specific projects.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

1. Social Work degree and eligibility for the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with minimum experience as a level 2 , including the ability to demonstrate a practical application of the AASW Code of Ethics.
2. Extensive post graduate experience working as a Social Worker across a range of clinical areas in a health setting, including a demonstrated understanding of complex health conditions and the impact on patient well-being.
3. Demonstrated ability to provide guidance, leadership and management of a Social Work team.
4. Demonstrated advanced communication skills (both written and oral) and demonstrated competence in the use of electronic information systems
5. Excellent negotiation, complex decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
6. Demonstrated ability to prioritise work and manage stressful situations; ability to work unsupervised and apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel or critical nature across a team.
7. Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to quality processes and the application of evidenced based practice within Social Work.

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For role related queries or questions contact Sandra Barr-Lynch on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards. 

Applications Close: 14 February 2024