Assertive Community Management

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Nepean Hospital
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ604750
Application Close: 22/09/2025
Position Classification & Remuneration: Dependent on Qualifications

Social Worker, Counsellor or Occupational Therapist Level 1/2: $73,427.00 - $104,753.00 per annum

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

Working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a leading public health district serving the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions. The NBMLHD Drug and Alcohol Service offers free, non-judgemental services and treatments for drug and/or alcohol use, including information and support for families. Our service includes specialist drug and alcohol doctors, nurses and allied health staff who respect the client2;s right to choose from a range of treatments, underpinned by harm reduction.

Join the Assertive Community Management team and deliver direct, frontline services to patients facing complex physical, mental health, and social challenges. Working within a medically led multidisciplinary team, youll conduct comprehensive assessments, co-design care plans, and provide assertive follow-up, including home visits, to support recovery and long-term wellbeing. You will help shape clinical procedures, strengthen referral pathways across community services, and contribute to team operations and reviews.

If you are passionate about harm minimisation, recovery-focused care, and making a real impact, this is your chance to lead change where it matters most. Apply now.

Benefits Available To Eligible NBMLHD Employees
Accrued Day Off (ADO); Salary Packaging options; Novated Leasing; Education opportunities through Education Training Service with over 110 courses each year; Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members; Fitness Passport.

NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, CALD, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply. NBMLHD supports child safety standards. For more information, see Child Safe Standards. For role-related queries, contact Samantha Hogg at Samantha.Hogg@health.nsw.gov.au.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work or Occupational Therapy or Rehabilitation Counsellor. Current membership (or eligibility) with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or AHPRA registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Demonstrated clinical skills in assessment, planning and evaluation of psychosocial interventions with adult patients, including exercising independent professional judgment on routine matters.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced reasoning in patient assessments of cognitive capacity and complex issues, report writing, developing and reviewing care plans, delivering case management activities and psychosocial interventions.
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to professional and ethical boundaries in consultation with a medically led multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Knowledge of the social and emotional needs of patients with drug and alcohol issues including trauma, grief and loss, domestic and family violence and child protection.
• Knowledge of and commitment to working with Aboriginal patients, families and communities and improving health outcomes for socially disadvantaged groups.
• Current Driver's License and willingness to use for work-related travel.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may occur only if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia is identified and must not exceed visa duration.

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For role-related queries, contact Samantha Hogg on Samantha.Hogg@health.nsw.gov.au.

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