Social Work Team Leader Level 4. Sutherland Hospital
Job description
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Lvl 4
Remuneration: $111228 - $114007 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ320590
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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.
The Social Work Team Leader has a recognised clinical specialty that requires high levels of clinical expertise and knowledge. They are able to provide clinical services to patients, their families and carers with circumstances of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills.
The Social Work Team Leader is able to demonstrate advanced reasoning skills and operates autonomously with minimum direct clinical supervision. They are involved with planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting on clinical services in a particular specialty and are involved in the implementation of SESLHD protocols, initiatives, policies and procedures.
The Social Work Team Leader is responsible for the clinical supervision and support of Social Workers and Social Work students across a range of clinical areas.
The Social Work Team Leader has a consultative role within their clinical specialty. They may also conduct clinical research and participate in the provision of clinical in-service education programs to staff and students. The Social Work Team Leader will assist in operational/supervisory responsibilities under the direction of the Social Work Department Head, and may be required to manage specific tasks or projects.
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.
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 NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
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. Please provide proof of booster vaccination if available
Selection Criteria
- Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award, with eligibility to the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Extensive post graduate relevant clinical experience, including demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical support, supervision and management to other health professionals, technical and support staff.
- 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 high level advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence.
- 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.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
- Demonstrated experience in providing crisis interventions, the ability to participate in the After Hours Crisis On-Call Social Work Service, and ability to work across a seven day service.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
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For role related queries or questions contact Emma Middlemiss on Emma.Middlemiss@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 17 July 2022
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