Social Work Team Leader

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Lvl 4
Remuneration: 117544 - 120393 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ470592

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.

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Additional Information: •    An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
This is an exciting opportunity to manage a team of highly committed Social Workers and to participate in the Social Work Department’s Leadership Team. The Social Work Department is committed to professional development, building a positive workplace/ learning culture and providing best practice care and support to children, young people and their families.
What you'll be doing
The primary focus of this position is to provide senior clinical leadership and team management within the Social Work Department. The role supports the mentoring and professional development of staff and carries a clinical caseload.
The Social Work Team Leader will provide a comprehensive and specialist Social Work service to children, young people and their families. This includes psychosocial assessments, specialist counselling including bereavement counselling, group work, psycho-education and advocacy.
 
The Social Work Team Leader plays a key role in service development and continuous quality improvement to ensure the clinical needs of children and their families are met. The position takes a leadership role in the development and provision of education programs in the relevant specialty for both Social Workers and health professionals within SCHN and externally.

1. Eligibility for Australian Association of Social Workers membership with significant post graduate experience in Social Work practice with families and children and/or in health context.
2. Extensive specialist knowledge of the issues facing families in the relevant clinical area coupled with advanced skills in therapeutic counselling and casework in working with children and their families in the relevant specialty.
3. Advance practice skills in a variety of Social Work interventions/modalities which include psychosocial assessment, counselling, group work and community engagement.
4. Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
5. Demonstrated skills and experience in clinical supervision, leading a team, education provision, service planning, the development of models of care, and leading and evaluating quality improvement activities.
6. Ability to build partnerships with key stakeholders to optimise outcomes for children and their families.
7. Participation in the after hours On Call Social Work Service.
8. 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. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.

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).

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.

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children’s Guardian.  For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian Website https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/ 

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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For role related queries or questions contact Renee Bennett on Renee.Bennett2@health.nsw.gov.au

If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan on wayne.dargan@health.nsw.gov.au
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Applications Close: 09/03/2024