Social Worker Level 1/2

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Location: Yass**
**Position Classification**: Social Worker Level 1/2
**Remuneration**: $35.78 - $51.04 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 12
**Requisition ID**: REQ521648
**Applications Close**:29 September** **2024**
**Interview Details**:Scheduled within 10 days of closing
The Welcome Experience | NSW Government

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here - We Are Southern

**What we offer**:

- Flexible work arrangements
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading

**Where you will be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Yass Valley is bursting with wonderful experiences while having a proud connection to early rural Australia. A modern, thriving community with Canberra right on its door-step. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

**What you'll be doing**

The Allied Health Professional is an integral part of the multidisciplinary health care team, providing quality social work services to patients/ clients of the SNSW Local Health District in order to meet their health and wellbeing needs.

**Selection Criteria**
- Tertiary qualification as a Social Worker and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Demonstrated effective written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise and organise own work / caseload across a regional area.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement and evidence based practice relevant to clinical discipline.
- Current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
- This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs. *Please disregard the COVID vaccination requirement in the Position Description.

**Australian Work Rights**

At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description