Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 7, Grade 1
Remuneration: $150,767.00 per annum
Requisition ID: REQ600489
Application Close Date: 14/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 17/09/ /09/2025
Contact Details: Siobhan Russel – |
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
Step Into Leadership. Make a Lasting Impact.
Liverpool Hospital is seeking a dedicated and visionary professional to join our team as Deputy Head of Department – Social Work. This is a unique opportunity to take on a leadership role that blends clinical expertise with strategic oversight, supporting both Social Workers and Aboriginal Liaison Officers within the department.
In this role, you will provide clinical and administrative leadership, set professional standards, and contribute to workforce planning and clinical practice development. You will play a key part in implementing safety and quality processes that enhance service delivery across Liverpool Hospital and the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD). Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will maintain a clinical caseload that reflects your experience and commitment to direct care.
Working closely with the Head of Department, you will help shape the future of social work services, ensuring excellence, cultural responsiveness, and innovation. You will also assume the role of Acting Head of Department during periods of absence or leave, providing continuity and stability to the team.
This is more than a management position—it's a chance to lead with purpose, influence systemic change, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and communities.
Where You'll Be Working
Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, offering a wide range of state-wide services including critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care, and brain injury rehabilitation. As a key teaching facility for UNSW Sydney and Western Sydney University, it provides extensive clinical services, including emergency care, cancer treatment, paediatrics, and mental health services. The hospital features 23 operating theatres and has a capacity for 877 beds.
The ongoing $830 million redevelopment as part of the Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct is transforming the hospital into a global hub for medical innovation. This redevelopment will expand clinical services, enhance research and teaching facilities, and introduce state-of-the-art equipment and amenities.
Working at Liverpool Hospital means being part of a forward-thinking, innovative team dedicated to providing exceptional patient care. The hospital's commitment to education and research offers numerous opportunities for professional development and career progression.
The vibrant and supportive work environment, combined with the hospital's central location near public transport and local amenities, makes it an ideal place to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on the community.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application
* A Social Work degree and eligibility for the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). with demonstrated evidence of extensive clinical and management experience as a social worker, including a demonstrated understanding of social work service provision in complex health settings
* Demonstrated excellent skills and experience in leadership and management, including experience with financial, risk, staff supervision and workforce management.
* Demonstrated leadership skills and experience in the planning, implementing and evaluation of quality/service improvement and research activities and demonstrated commitment to professional development, staff training and ability to implement best practice.
* Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills including advocacy and negotiation, with the ability to build effective partnerships across internal and external stakeholder and experience in supervising staff and leading team performance.
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Additional Information
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Health & Fitness South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people's rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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