Senior Social Worker – Assertive Community Management Team

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time Until 30th June 2026

Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3

Remuneration: $116, $120,680.00 Per Annum Plus Superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ618951

Location: The Langton Centre, Surry Hills

Applications Close Date: Monday 17th November, 2025

To be considered for this position you must be an employee of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and its Affiliated Health Organisations.

What you'll be doing:

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. SESLHD Drug and Alcohol Service offers a range of treatment and support services for people with problems from their alcohol, prescription or illicit drug use, and/or their families and carers. Outpatient D&A services are located in clinics at the Langton Centre in Surry Hills, St George Hospital in Kogarah, and Caringbah Community Health Centre at Sutherland Hospital. Inpatient D&A services are provided at Sydney Hospital, Prince of Wales, St. George and Sutherland Hospitals. Our goal is to improve health, wellbeing and social outcomes for individuals, families and the community, related to drug and alcohol use.

SESLHD D&A strives to be a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers, as well as workers. We have Aboriginal identified positions, cultural supervision is available, and we welcome and encourage applicants for this position who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander themselves. The job provides an opportunity to work closely with community and strengthen connections and engagement with healthcare. Our service also strives to provide a safe space for diverse workers, including those who identify as culturally and linguistically diverse, and those from the LGBTQI+ community.

The purpose of this role is to plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Social Work in order to provide high quality Drug and Alcohol Care care to ACM patients of SESLHD D&A consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards. Further detail of the ACM approach can be found here:

This role includes responsibilities for supervision, quality improvement initiatives, education delivery to other health care professionals and the teaching of students on clinical placement.

Benefits:

• Up to 12 allocated days off each year in addition to annual leave.
• Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
• Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.

Selection Criteria:

• Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and eligibility for membership of the AASW and demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning.
• Extensive post graduate clinical experience in Drug and Alcohol.
• Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels
• Demonstrated ability to provide high level clinical advice, education and support to others in providing service excellence
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes
• Demonstrated active participation in developing, implementing and reporting on services.
• Unrestricted Class C (or above) driver's license.

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards

2) Find out more about applying for this position

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Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment- and let us know. Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer
• We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support (SESLHD-) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website