Social Worker, Palliative Care

3 weeks ago


Adelaide, Australia Women's and Children's Health Network Full time

Social Worker, Palliative Care

Job no: 869154
Work type: Full time, Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern, Adelaide CBD
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

  • Women's and Children's Health Network, Sub-Acute and Allied Health Division, Paediatric Palliative Care Service – North Adelaide (5006)
  • Salary  - Classification - AHP2 - Allied Health Professional L2 - $86,950 to $100,729
  • Employment Full time or Part Time - Term Contract (temporary 9-month contract until 14 March 2025)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Palliative Care team as a Social Worker, Full time or Part time, until 14 March 2025.

The Paediatric Palliative Care Service (PPCS) provides support to families caring for a child with a life-limiting illness. This is tailored to each family’s individual needs to help make decisions about care. The Paediatric Palliative Care Service is uniquely responsible for the provision of care across the whole state of South Australia and into Northern Territory, Broken Hill and Mildura.

The PPCS is a statewide service providing specialist care for children with life-limiting conditions. Our mission is to provide excellent service to children and families facing life-limiting illness through partnership with families, interdisciplinary teamwork, and offering holistic care.

The service is a multidisciplinary team of health care specialists including:

  • Doctors
  • Nurses
  • Grief and Loss Coordinators
  • Social Workers
  • Art Therapists

In this role, you will:

  • Provide clinical and consultative services across a range of service settings, including one-on-one and group evidence based psychosocial interventions for families under the care of the PPCS
  • Initiate and participate in the planning, promotion and maintenance of research and ongoing planning and evaluation of the PPCS.
  • Ensure social work practices and protocols relating to Palliative care meet established methodologies.
  • Provide care across the patient journey from diagnosis and into bereavement as part of an interdisciplinary approach to paediatric palliative care.

To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.

What WCHN Can Offer You

  • Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
  • Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
  • Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
  • Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
  • Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
  • Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

  • specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
  • state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
  • community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
  • specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

Want to know more about WCHN opportunities?  Click Here to discover how you can Realise you Potential and join one of the many teams at the Women’s and Children’s Network to make positive change in our community.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 869154

Enquiries

Dr Mary Cossich, Medical Unit Head, Phone: 8161 7994, E-mail: mary.cossich@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Sunday 30th June 2024 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

 AHP2 - Social Worker - Palliative Care - Role Description - 869154.pdf

Advertised: 13 Jun 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 30 Jun 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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