Senior Clinician - Social Worker Level 3 - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

What you will bring to the role

1. A Social Work Degree accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers
2. Demonstrated experience working in a hospital setting and extensive knowledge of relevant psychosocial issues. Extensive knowledge of adjustment to medical challenges, managing the transition to parenthood, managing post-partum depression and perinatal loss.
3. Proven experience in crisis intervention, grief and loss counselling, conflict resolution, supportive and individual counselling. Strong skills in mediation and conflict management, particularly in relation to family conflict. Proven experience working with child protection and domestic violence referrals, advocacy and discharge planning.
4. Proven ability in applying sound professional knowledge and clinical judgement when performing novel, complex or critical tasks. Complex cases/ critical tasks will involve conditions and elements that must be first identified and then analysed to discern interrelationships before practice decisions can be made.
5. Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical supervision
6. Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to make clinical decisions within a short timeframe
7. Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team; basic computer skills; proven time management skills; excellent oral and written communication skills

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For role related queries or questions contact Vanessa Politi-Marshall on Vanessa.PolitiMarshall@health.nsw.gov.au