Senior Social Worker - Sustaining NSW Families

1. Degree in Social Work from an accredited course providing eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (overseas qualifications must supply the AASW Overseas Assessment number) and an eligible NSW Driver Licence and willingness to travel for work. A demonstrated understanding of the current AASW Practice Standards as they relate to the position and a commitment to updating professional skill and knowledge.
2. Demonstrated extensive experience and advanced skills in working in therapeutic partnership with families who have multiple psychosocial stressors and understanding of how psycho-social issues, including trauma, impact pregnancy, child development, parent-child relationships, and parenting capacity. Knowledge of and experience undertaking therapeutic interventions with, including individual, family and relationship counselling, solution-focused interventions, care coordination and casework skills.
3. Demonstrated experience and advanced level skills and ability to independently undertake comprehensive psychosocial family assessments, with ability to exercise high-level professional judgement and critical thinking in all aspects of clinical practice.
4. Demonstrated high level, effective interpersonal and verbal communication skills including the ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences and the ability to negotiate and interact collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, and various stakeholders throughout all organisational levels, including non-government organisations to coordinate integrated care. Demonstrated clinical supervision experience and leadership skills with ability to contribute to/facilitate case reviews, provide education and consultation to other professionals in the context of providing trauma informed, child and family-oriented care in a community-based care service setting - to support capacity to promote optimal parent-child attachment and healthy child development.

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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Draper on Julie.Draper@health.nsw.gov.au OR Lynda Andrews on Linda.Andrews@health.nsw.gov.au OR Margaret Hayes on Margaret.Hayes@health.nsw.gov.au.


This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

Applications Close: 16 January 2025

Tentative start date for interviews: 30 January 2025