Employment Type : Temporary Full Time (through till July 2025) Position Classification : Social Worker Level 3 Remuneration : $108,595 - $112,114 per annum, plus superannuation Hours Per Week : 38 Requisition ID : REQ462467 Come Work With Us Are you a senior Social Worker with experience in Mental Health and want to positively impact on the lives of Mental Health consumers on their journey to recovery working with skilled and innovative clinicians in a multidisciplinary team? Where you'll be working Inpatient Mental Health Units, Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service, Randwick. What you'll be doing The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’ . SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. Plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Social Work in order to provide high quality Mental Health Social Work care to consumers and their families of the Inpatient Mental Health Service consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards. If you are an overseas qualified Social Worker, you are required to have your qualifications assessed by the AASW to meet the position criteria. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing. All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service. A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements. In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant. Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position. SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply. Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to: SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforcehealth.nsw.gov.au Selection Criteria: Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and eligibility to membership with Australian Association of Social Workers Extensive post graduate experience, with knowledge of Mental Health Social Work Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning Demonstrated commitment to consumer participation and recovery focus Need more information? 1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards 2) Find out more about applying for this position For role related queries or questions contact Adam Takacs on Adam.takacshealth.nsw.gov.au Applications Close: 11 February 2024