Community Transitions Social Worker (Level 1/2) Justice Health Olympic Park - PFT

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are Just the Place to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most!

Be part of a supportive environment, where you can apply your skills to address complex healthcare needs while broadening your treatment capabilities to maximise patient outcomes. 

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.

The Role

The Community Transitions Social Worker supports people who experience severe mental illness to access the necessary psychosocial care and support required to ensure a successful transition from custody to the community.  The Community Transitions Social Worker is part of a multidisciplinary team (The Community Transitions Team – CTT) that works in partnership with the Custodial Mental Health Service, Local Health District (LHD) Community Mental Health Services, Primary Health Networks, and other government and non-government organisations (NGOs), in a clinical and consultative capacity to ensure continuity of care.  This role focuses on assisting the CTT with identifying and sourcing specialist supported and transitional accommodation options, assisting with National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) applications in regional areas of NSW, and providing a centralised process to enhance liaison with LHDs and the transfer of care process by sharing relevant health information on people who return to custody after receiving transition support from CTT. This role will have a small clinical caseload in order to enable the completion of social work specific tasks, but to also facilitate familiarisation of the comprehensive transition support provided by remaining team members.

The Community Transitions Team is one of three teams that comprise the NSW Community Forensic Mental Health Services. The team is community based; but provides assertive prison in-reach services to support peoples’ transitions back into the community. Its aim is to develop mental health care plans, establish necessary therapeutic supports for patients, and provide follow-up community care to patients leaving custody. The team is recovery-oriented and promotes positive health outcomes and community participation.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in social work and hold professional membership or be eligible for full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

• The CTT is a statewide service, supporting people from several correctional centres across Sydney metropolitan and regional NSW, and liaising with all NSW Health Local Health Districts. There is a requirement to travel to various locations across NSW on occasion.

Our Location

The Justice Health Olympic Park (JHOP) office is located at 10 Herb Elliot Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park. Designed for inter-departmental communication and collaboration, the office provides large open spaces and an abundance of natural light. An array of restaurants and cafés are a short walk away.

Public transport is readily available including buses, trains, and ferries. Easy road access is provided via the M4 and Parramatta Road via Homebush Bay Drive. 35 km of bicycle paths surround the site and both bicycle storage and shower amenities are available inside.

To learn more about careers in our network, please click the links below:

Welcome — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)

Our Locations — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)

Our Health Services — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)

Salary & Benefits

Your salary of $73,427 - $85,800 per annum plus superannuation, is just the beginning. 

You will have access to a number of benefits:

·        Eligibility for Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging, and Novated Leasing options.

·        Allocated Days Off (ADOs) and leave loading.

·        Genuine training, education, professional development, and career progression.

·        Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues

Diversity & Inclusivity

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

 *This is also a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977