Senior Social Worker - Neurodiversity Education Health Collaborative (NEHCo)Job no: 882503
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Community Services, Public Health
Women's and Children's Health Network, 3D Health, Sub-Acute and Allied Health – Mile End 5031Salary: AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180 to $111,746Employment: Full Time – Contract until 9 May 2025About the Opportunity An exciting opportunity exists within the 3D Health Team to join us as a Senior Social Worker - Neurodiversity Education Health Collaborative (NEHCo) full time, until 9 May 2025.
The Senior Social Worker:
Provides clinical expertise for parents, students, and their families, with neurodevelopmental disability and complex needs, and/or associated behaviours of concern.Primarily provides direct expert care for an individual or group of clients and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary staff.Ensures and provides quality services to clients and families experiencing complex social, emotional and behavioural difficulties within a multidisciplinary and interagency team context.Contributes to improvement in the quality, safety and community needs driven within a specific service area.Works with all allied health staff, nursing and medical staff, as well as other stakeholders on service delivery development and practice requirements to meet service needs and demands.Has accountability for delivering culturally appropriate, equitable, comprehensive, high-quality social work services for clients referred to 3D Health across the state of South Australia.Educates, guides, and clinically supervises assigned social work staff and social work students.About You Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification, which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.To be successful in this role, you will have:
Experience working with clients with complex psychosocial needs, disability, and behaviours of concern.Demonstrated ability to carry out assessments and interventions of a highly complex nature using a range of theoretical models in assessment, intervention, and therapy.A high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to analyse and resolve complex clinical problems.Demonstrated ability to undertake a range of social work interventions including high-quality written psychosocial assessments, advocacy, therapeutic support, and case management/care coordination including referral to other disciplines and agencies.Advanced knowledge in at least one area of clinical practice relevant to disability/complex health and/or behaviours of concern.Demonstrated knowledge of the theory and practice of clinical work within the individual's professional specialty area, including group work.What WCHN Can Offer You Salary package with 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 and Children's Health Network's 3D Health offers support to young people living with disability or complex health needs. Support is also provided to parents and carers, and community services.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Enquiries Jodie-Ann Hochuli, Nursing Director, 3D Health, Phone: 0458 112 366 Email: ******
Application Closing Date: Thursday 21st November 2024 – 11:55pm
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