Social Worker Level 3

Be part of our supportive, dynamic team and make a lasting impact in youth mental health care._

$108,595 - $112,114 per annum+ 11.5% super & salary packaging **|** Fulltime Permanent **|** Social Worker Level 3 **|** Dharawal Country, Wollongong Hospital **|** REQ532170 **|** Applications close: 21 November 2024

**Join us in shaping healthier futures. Together we can do more.**

The Safeguards Team is a new Child, Adolescent, and Youth Acute Mental Health Service that provides timely, best-practice care to children and adolescents (0-17 years) experiencing acute mental health distress. This community-based team delivers rapid, mobile, and flexible care, including assessment, assertive outreach, and referrals. Where appropriate, the team provides brief therapeutic interventions and short-term care coordination.

Safeguards currently operates within an integrated model alongside the adult Acute Care Team (ACT), focusing on acute child and adolescent mental health while working closely with other services, families and carers. Though the team is working towards operating 7 days a week, it currently operates and responds to children and young people five days per week.

The Safeguards Team provide care in various settings, including schools, homes and communities. You will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team including Medical Officers, a Team Coordinator, Nurses, Other Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and a Clinical Psychologist.

For more information and to view the position classification, see the Position Description here.

**A little about us.**

**Wollongong Hospital**, located on Dharawal Country, is the Illawarra Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has a bed-base count of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.

Wollongong is located an hour’s drive south of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in **Wollongong here**.**

**Benefits of working with ISLHD.**

We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:

- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
- Discounted health insurance is available through a number of different private health insurance providers. Talk to your provider today for more information
- Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities
- Clinical Supervision to facilitate in-depth reflection on clinical practice in a supportive environment.
- Working in a highly skilled, supportive and collaborative multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Working as part of a newly established service with ability to be involved in shaping the service
- Qualifications required - Social Work Degree and Eligibility for the AASW
- Extensive Post Graduate clinical experience in psychosocial assessment and care planning.
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- NSW Drivers Licence
- Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.

ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

**Need more information or help applying?**
- Visit the Stepping Up website here. Stepping Up supports Aboriginal people to navigate the recruitment process and find a career or employment in NSW Health.
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