Social Worker

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Social Worker Lvl 1/2
**Remuneration**: $$70,944 - $82,899 p.a plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ525261

***Applications Close: Tuesday 22 October 2024, 11.59pm AEST.**

**Position Title**:Social Worker (Level 1/2) - The Forensic Hospital - PFT

**Just the place** to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most

Justice Health NSW is a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.

**For this role, we are looking for a health care professional with**:

- A degree in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Ability to provide therapeutic interventions for individuals/groups and families and a commitment to evidence-based practice in a mental health setting.

**The Role**
- As a **Social Worker** at the Forensic Hospital, your primary focus is to provide a comprehensive evidenced informed social work service to patients and their family/carers. This includes the provision of psychosocial assessments, counselling/family work/ therapy and advocacy to ensure optimal social outcomes. The service includes individual, family, group work and program development. The social work is an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team.

**Our Location, Team, and Service**

**The Forensic Hospital **is a high-secure forensic mental health facility in New South Wales, operated by Justice Health NSW. This facility provides specialist, therapeutic inpatient care for adults and adolescent forensic, correctional, and high-risk civil patients.
- A multidisciplinary team of medical, nursing, and allied health professionals provide care across the clinical spectrum, from high dependency and acute care, to long stay and rehabilitation care.
- While working at the Forensic Hospital, you will develop strong professional connections with colleagues and making a positive contribution to vulnerable people. This dynamic work environment is interesting, stimulating, challenging, rewarding and one where you can have a positive impact on the lives of patients and their families.

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**A mandatory and comprehensive two-week, full-time orientation is provided. All days are paid. The next intake date is on 25 November 2024**
- To learn more about careers in our network, please click the links below:_
- Welcome — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_
- Our Locations — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_
- Our Health Services — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_

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**Salary & Benefits**
- Your salary of $70,944 - $82,899 p.a plus superannuation is just the beginning.

You will have access to benefits such as:

- Additional allowances of up to $1.69 per hour.
- Eligibility for Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging, and Novated Leasing options.
- Allocated Days Off (ADOs) and annual leave loading.
- Free on-site parking and easy access to public transport
- Genuine training, education, professional development, and career progression opportunities.
- Support from a passionate & enthusiastic management team.

**Diversity & Inclusivity**
- We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

**READY TO APPLY?**
- The first step is to submit your resume and answers to the following questions:
1. Provide an example of a challenging situation when you were working with mental health consumers/family/carers.

2. Provide an example demonstrating your ability to work with multiple stakeholders and use your skills of collaboration and advocacy.
- **_This is a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977_**

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description

**Applications Close: Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 11:59pm AEST