Social Worker - Aged Services Emergency Team (ASET)
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
REQ661245
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (up to 15/06/2027)
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $58.95 - $60.86 per hour
Hours Per Week: Up to 17
Requisition ID: REQ661245
Applications Close: 15/06/2026
With CORE Values of C Collaboration, O Openness, R Respect and E Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney's western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
We are seeking a motivated Social Worker to join our Aged Services Emergency Team (ASET), a multidisciplinary team that provides assessment and interventions for identified patients aged 70 and over who present to the emergency department at Nepean Hospital.
Working within ASET, the successful candidate will provide senior clinical leadership, including identifying and enabling early interventions, identifying complex social issues that could impact patient length of stay in hospital and optimising patient care delivery.
This role is ideal for someone wishing to work part time between 14 and 17 hours a week.
If you are passionate about social work and want to make a positive contribution where it really matters, we encourage you to apply!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
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Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Fitness Passport
What you will bring to the role
* Tertiary Qualification in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
* Extensive postgraduate clinical experience in Aged Care and highly developed skills and knowledge of the key factors that impact on this cohort. This postgraduate experience would require highly developed assessment, planning and counselling skills.
* Highly developed skills in the areas of Crisis Counselling, Grief and Loss, End of Life concerns, Carer Stress, Conflict resolution and identifying and working with complex family dynamic's.
* Extensive working knowledge in the areas of Abuse of older people and NCAT Guardianship Division. Along with working knowledge of My Aged Care, Carers Gateway, Single Assessment Service and other aged care specific services and supports.
* Demonstrated commitment to professional development and demonstrated knowledge of and experience with quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
* Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, including the formulation of complex care plans.
* Ability to provide advice to service managers on clinical development, practice and design
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.
NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.
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