Closes: 18 January 2026
Classification: Health Professional Level 2
Salary: $91,026 - $108,691 plus superannuation
Position No: P8X
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 08 January 2026
Contact Officer: Simone Collins on or
What can we offer you:
* Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
* Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
* Flexible working conditions.
* 12% Superannuation.
* Access to Employee Assistance Program.
* Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
* Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
About the Role:
We are looking for a motivated and skilled social worker to join a multidisciplinary paediatric diabetes team. This is a 12-months maternity leave part time role, with an expected start date of February 2026. Experience working with families and/or chronic illness is desirable, however not essential. Diabetes specific knowledge is not essential and will be provided under the supervision of an experienced senior social worker.
The Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Service (PEDS) provides coordinated and integrated care for children, young people and their families with diabetes and other endocrine conditions. It is an interdisciplinary service delivered under a partnership model in which shared decision making and respectful and sensitive care are central to achieving outcomes. Services are delivered at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (Canberra Hospital Campus) and Gungahlin Community Health Centre.
The Social Work service provides individual interventions for children and young people with diabetes and their families and carers. As a social worker you will provide clinical assessment, management, and evaluation of social work care to patients in tertiary and ambulatory care settings, with diabetes and other chronic conditions. The Social Worker will understand issues related to health and wellbeing and the impact on the person and their family/carer, including adjustment to change in their health. You will be an integral part of the Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Service, collaborating with Endocrinologists, Diabetes Nurse Educators, and Diabetes Dietitians to provide interdisciplinary care for people with complex diabetes.
This part-time HP2 Social Worker position will be supervised and supported by the HP3 Social worker. They will be operationally responsible to the Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Service Coordinator and report professionally to the Director of Allied Health in the Division of Women, Youth and Children.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
* Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
* Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
* Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
* Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension. This position is part-time at up to (18:24) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.
Applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.
For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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Note
This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension. This position is part-time at up to (18:24) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.
Career interest categories:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services