Social Work Team Leader

**Employment Type**:Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
**Location**:**Narellan Community Health Centre
**Position Classification**:**Social Worker Level 4
**Remuneration**:**$117,544 - $120,393 per annum

**Requisition ID**:**REQ546959
**Application Close Date**:**27/01/2025
**Interview Date Range**:**29/01/2025 - 05/02/2025

**About the Opportunity**

The Aboriginal Social Work Team is responsible for providing culturally responsive psychosocial interventions and support to families with children aged 0-5 across SWSLHD. The Social Work Team supports families from a strengths-based model, providing holistic care within trauma informed, culturally safe interventions. Social Work ensures psychosocial supports and interventions are established in collaboration with the family and are adaptive to reflect their changing needs.

As a Social Worker in South Western Sydney Community Health you will have access to:

- Monthly clinical supervision
- Monthly cultural supervision
- Professional Development opportunities within the specialty and ongoing training
- Monthly opportunities to meet with the wider Social Work Department
- Annual Leave + 17.5% Leave Loading (Full Time & Part Time Employees)
- One additional day off per month (Full Time Employees Only)
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave provisions
- Salary Packaging & Novated Leasing through Smart Salary
- Discounted Gym Membership through Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program

**About the Team**

The Aboriginal Social Work Team Leader is based at Narellan Community Health Centre, supporting Aboriginal families across SWSLHD by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to provide culturally responsive service collaboration, case management and reviews.

The Aboriginal Social Work team is made up of five Social Workers who support a larger multidisciplinary Aboriginal Child & Family team. The Aboriginal Child & Family team is a culturally led service with nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers and Allied Health professionals who work in partnership with families across SWSLHD to achieve better outcomes.
The Team Leader will manage the Aboriginal Social Work team day to day, consult with the Aboriginal Child and Family nursing staff, attend leadership meetings and manage a clinical case load.

**Where you’ll be Working**

SWSLHD operates its services on the lands of the Dharawal, Darug and Gundungurra peoples and has a rich history of working alongside local Aboriginal organisations and programs. As the Aboriginal Social Work Team Leader you will work closely with the Director of Aboriginal Health and be connected to a broad range of Aboriginal Health Services, including a dedicated Aboriginal Child and Family Health Service. You will have access to a wide range of clinical and cultural supports across the service including professional development, cultural supervision, and a large network of Aboriginal Health colleagues.

**How to Apply**
- This position has been advertised under the SWSLHD Aboriginal Targeted Recruitment Program. This means Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, where found suitable, will be given higher priority. Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander? If so, please tell us about your Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage, including a brief description of your family and community connections.
- Social Work degree which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Extensive post graduate experience working as a Social Worker in relevant clinical areas, including a demonstrated understanding of the health setting, complex health conditions and the impact on wellbeing.
- Demonstrated experience in providing guidance, leadership and management of a social work team.
- Demonstrated advanced communication skills (verbal and written), including excellent negotiation, complex decision making and advocacy skills and demonstrated computer skills.
- Demonstrated experience providing clinical supervision to staff and students.
- Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.

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**Additional Information**

**Salary Packaging**
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

**Health & Fitness**
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

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