Employment Details
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Goulburn
Position Classification: Social Worker Lvl 4
Remuneration: $121,658 to $124,607 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Applications Close: 9 November 2025
About The Service
Join Our Team as a Social Worker – Supporting our Community through Compassionate Care. Are you dedicated to helping patients and their families navigate complex social and emotional challenges? At Southern, our Social Workers play a crucial role in providing holistic support—addressing the social, emotional, and practical needs that impact patient health and recovery. You’ll work closely with medical teams to connect patients with resources and empower them during vulnerable times. Join us to help build stronger, healthier communities through social support and advocacy.
Support for
- Working within SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Salary packaging options
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
- A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
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What You'll Be Doing
This position is responsible for the professional, operational and clinical leadership and management of Social Workers within the inpatient Mental Health (MH) service. This includes the coordination and provision of accessible, equitable, and evidence-based Social Work services and delivery of direct clinical care to consumers and their families. The role ensures high quality Social Work services are provided to consumers, carers and families by providing expert advice and working with other MH service managers to enhance service standards and quality across the district. The position also manages a clinical caseload.
Selection Criteria
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work with eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers and at least 3 year's fulltime equivalent experience in inpatient services and/or mental health.
- Demonstrated professional and operational leadership experience, including demonstrated understanding and experience of service provision in complex health settings.
- Demonstrated high level clinical and advanced practice skills in social work assessment and intervention and expertise in clinical leadership and clinical supervision.
- Demonstrated leadership in the planning, implementation and evaluation of service delivery incorporating the quality improvement process and policy/practice guideline development.
- Proven ability to work autonomously with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands, monitor performance, problem solve and utilise independent professional judgement.
- Demonstrated high level communication skills (oral and written) including advocacy and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated organisation and time management skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Current unrestricted driver’s licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.
We look forward to learning more about you and what you can bring to our team
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As part of this commitment, the Stepping Up website has been developed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants through the NSW Health recruitment process. This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All recent employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
Southern NSW Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child‑safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
We are an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and inclusion. Applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, persons with disability, LGBTIQ+, and others. If you require any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know. For support, contact
To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. For more information, please see
Other Information
- Click here for the Position Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Gillian Isaac on or phone: 02 6150 7283.
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