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.

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time up to 30-Jun-2022
Position Classification: Social Worker Lvl 3
Remuneration: 100451 - 103814
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ212827
Location: Westmead

What you'll be doing
The social worker is part of a multidisciplinary team and involves service provision to children and families who have experienced Sexual Assault, Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect. The position provides crisis response, complex psychosocial assessment and short and medium term counselling. Participation in intake and the after-hours on-call roster is required. This is a clinical and consultative service to the Hospital and wider community of NSW. In this position there are also opportunities for teaching, research and project development

Eligibility for membership of the AASW.

Demonstrated capacity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrated skills in counselling both children and adults.

Knowledge of the dynamics of sexual assault and the implications for practice and counselling.

Demonstrated knowledge of evidence based practice in the Child Protection field .

Extensive experience in Social Work practice & demonstrated ability and understanding of child protection case management.

High quality written and oral communication skills & strong computer skills.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Indigenous Australians, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

As this is a “Category A” position, please refer to the Application Guide for vaccination requirements.

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

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, to assist in preparing your application.

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For role related queries or questions contact Robyn Lamb on robyn.lamb@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 21/02/2021

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