Position Details
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 2/3 (Dependent on Qualifications and Experience)
Remuneration: $95,131 - $120,680 + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ******
Location: Broken Hill
What You'll Be Doing
* Deliver high‐quality, person‐centred clinical interventions and psychosocial support to individuals receiving care across Mental Health Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) inpatient services, including the Mental Health Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre (MHPARC) and the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit.
* Work within a multidisciplinary team to support consumers through all stages of their recovery and rehabilitation journey by addressing psychosocial needs, facilitating access to community supports, enhancing coping strategies, and promoting functional recovery.
* Conduct comprehensive assessment, therapeutic engagement, care coordination, discharge planning, and advocacy, with a strong focus on recovery‐oriented, trauma‐informed, and culturally responsive practice.
* Level 2 social workers operate under general professional supervision and are developing their expertise in complex clinical practice.
* Level 3 social workers work more autonomously, provide advanced clinical interventions, demonstrate leadership within the team, and may provide supervision and support to less experienced staff or students.
Compensation and Benefits
* Fitness Passport
* 5 weeks paid annual leave per year (pro‐ratio)
* Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment
* Novated leasing
* A paid allocated day off (ADO) every month
* Learning and Development support with access to further education & training
* A comfortable and affordable lifestyle with some of the best food, wine and scenery at your doorstep
Qualifications & Experience
* Bachelor of Social Work and eligible for registration with AHPRA or eligibility for full membership of Australian Association of Social Work (AASW) with previous experience meeting criteria for level 2 or 3 under the NSW Health Service Professional (State) award along with a minimum of 3 years clinical experience as a social worker
* Demonstrated knowledge and experience in social work and mental health, drug, and alcohol service provision, including advanced clinical reasoning and ability to apply professional judgement on complex or critical tasks autonomously.
* Demonstrated leadership experience in work health and safety, clinical governance, and quality improvement with the proven ability to lead change to achieve outcomes.
* Demonstrated commitment to work and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers and their families to enhance health outcomes.
* Evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills together with willingness to apply and share professional expertise with colleagues and students.
* Demonstrated leadership in effective communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal interpersonal skills with the ability to identify key messages, issues or concerns when communicating with others.
* Current license to drive in NSW.
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Far West 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.
Applications Close: 4th May ****
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