Level 3 Social Worker

**Employment Type**: Temporary Part Time up to June 2026 with potential availability of ongoing employment
**Position Classification**: Social Worker Level 3
**Remuneration**: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: Various
**Requisition ID**: REQ568205

**Location**: Forensic Medicine - Sydney

**Application close**:12th May 2025 - 11:59pm

**The Forensic Medicine Social Worker team are currently recruiting a Temporary Part Time opportunity and future Full Time and Part Time, Permanent, Temporary and Casual positions.**

**About the opportunity**

Experience the opportunity to join the world-class Forensic Medicine Social Work team at Forensic Medicine Sydney. As part of the largest facility of its kind in Australia, you'll be at the forefront of delivering unparalleled support and information to families referred to the NSW Coroner.

This unique role offers the chance to provide evidence-based, compassionate care during some of the most complex and sensitive moments in people’s lives. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will support coronial processes, facilitate viewings and identifications, and provide professional guidance to families, colleagues, and key stakeholders. You will be instrumental in ensuring timely and accurate information is delivered with empathy and professionalism.

This is a dynamic and deeply rewarding position for an experienced social worker seeking to make a genuine impact in a specialised forensic setting. As part of your practice, you will contribute to clinical education, participate in disaster victim identification training, and continuously support quality improvement initiatives. With opportunities to work across NSW, contribute to state-wide responses, and access ongoing professional development, this role promises a meaningful career where your expertise and emotional intelligence are truly valued.

We offer flexible work practices, flexible rostering, funded external supervision, free secure onsite parking, modern clean facilities with state-of-the-art meeting rooms and audio-visual technology with IT support on site.

**What we can offer you**
- Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
- Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
- Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning

**What you'll be doing**

To provide a professional evidence based information and support service associated with the Forensic Medicine Social Work role outlined in the Model of Care document.
- Bachelor degree in social work which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer.
- Minimum 3 years clinical experience with extensive specialist knowledge in crisis intervention, clinical assessment/case management, including the ability to facilitate and support relatives/friends in viewing the body of the deceased.
- Extensive knowledge and recent, preferably hospital based experience in the provision of embedded / situational counselling and support in grief, loss and trauma
- Ability to exercise independent professional judgement and advocate for the client in situations of a complex or critical nature, whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated high level oral and written communication, including an understanding of the importance to maintain current and accurate clinical notes.
- Recent experience working in a deceased environment and demonstrated experience facilitating viewings and providing support to relatives and friends in the immediate hours following death
- Willingness to participate in an on-call roster and occasional out of hours service, and travel in accordance with the demands of the role holding a current NSW drivers license.
- Demonstrated capacity to adopt and model the NSWHP RITE values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence.

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