CAMHS Mental Health Clinician (Social Worker)

Empower Young Lives: Social Worker Opportunity at CAMHS

Where you’ll be working

Join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Greater Newcastle, based at 1a Dudley Road, Charlestown. While your primary location is Charlestown, you may also travel within the Lake Macquarie area during work hours. CAMHS is a specialist mental health service dedicated to supporting young people (0-17 years) and their families across the Hunter New England Local Health District. You will work in a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team, providing innovative and developmentally appropriate care.

About the role

As a Social Worker at CAMHS, you will:

• Provide high-quality assessment, treatment, and case coordination for children, young people, and their families.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team, contributing your social work expertise alongside Aboriginal Mental Health Clinicians, Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Nurses, Dietitians, and Speech Pathologists.
• Deliver trauma-informed care, ensuring interventions are evidence-based, client-centred, and culturally sensitive.
• Exercise independent professional judgment while maintaining legal, ethical, and best-practice standards.
• Identify and implement service improvements to enhance clinical practice and consumer outcomes.

About you

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Social Worker who:

• Is passionate about supporting young people with complex mental health needs.
• Has experience working within a trauma-informed care framework.
• Thrives in a multidisciplinary team environment and values collaboration.
• Is confident in making independent clinical decisions while ensuring best-practice care.
• Is eager to contribute to service development and quality improvement.

What we can offer you

At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by meaningful work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

• Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
• Proximity to shopping and other services
• Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• 6 weeks annual leave (for eligible full-time nurses)
• Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true work-life balance
• Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
• Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals.

Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Amy Farrar on amy.farrar@health.nsw.gov.au

Additional Information

This is a Social Worker level 3 position however, if there are no appropriate Level 3 applicants, applications from Level 1 and 2 will be considered. The selection criteria reflects the requirements for a Level 3 applicant. Responses from Level 1 or 2 applicants need to demonstrate their level of competence with regard to the same criteria and their ability to work towards Level 3. The expected performance of the incumbent will be commensurate with his/her years of experience and current level at commencement of appointment. The incumbent will work towards meeting the criteria for Level 3.

Hunter New England Health 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 aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse. 

An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies

This position is full time; however, job share and/or part time arrangements will be considered.

Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2 
 
Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp 
 
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.  


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