Paediatric Haematology Social Worker

✨ Bring your expertise as a Social Worker Level 3 - Paediatric Haematology to a role where compassionate support, specialist practice and genuine connection can make a lasting difference to children and families navigating their healthcare journey.

Remuneration: $61.31 - $63.29 Per Hour + 12% Super + Salary Packaging
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Hours Per Week: 20
Location: John Hunter Children's Hospital | Awabakal Country 
Requisition ID: REQ692799
Applications Close: Tuesday 13th October 2026
 

💚 About the Role

As a Social Worker - Paediatric Haematology, you’ll provide a specialised, evidence-based social work service supporting children and families as they navigate the complexities of diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care. Your expertise will extend beyond clinical intervention, with opportunities to provide psychoeducation, advocacy, practical support and tailored resources to help ensure the broader healthcare and wellbeing needs of each child and family are recognised and supported.

Working with children and families from diverse backgrounds, you’ll bring a strengths-based, culturally responsive and inclusive approach, particularly when supporting families who may experience barriers to accessing healthcare and community services due to language, culture, disability or complex social circumstances. Your ability to build trust, identify individual needs and connect families with appropriate supports will be integral to the role.

Reporting to the Service Manager – Paediatric Social Work, you’ll be well supported within both the John Hunter Children’s Hospital Social Work Department and the Haematology multidisciplinary team. A comprehensive orientation will provide you with a strong foundation in the service, patient cohort, key processes and referral pathways, ensuring you feel confident and connected from the outset.

We recognise that supporting children and families experiencing serious or chronic health conditions can bring both meaningful rewards and complex challenges. Clinician wellbeing is therefore a strong focus, with access to reflective practice, timely support, professional supervision and ongoing development opportunities throughout your employment.

🌿 Where You’ll Be Working

Join the Social Work Department at John Hunter Children’s Hospital, working alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team committed to supporting children, infants and families receiving care through the John Hunter Children’s Hospital Haematology Service.

Working collaboratively with Medical, Nursing and Allied Health professionals, you’ll provide specialist, evidence-based social work assessment and intervention, supporting children and families as they navigate the emotional, practical and social challenges that can accompany diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.

You’ll be part of a compassionate team where your expertise helps strengthen family wellbeing, build resilience and ensure children and their families feel supported throughout their healthcare journey.

What we can offer you:

At Hunter New England Health, enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:

Supportive and collaborative team environment

Ongoing professional development opportunities across the administrative network

Career progression opportunities within NSW Health

Annual leave and paid parental leave for eligible employees

Salary packaging options to increase take-home pay

Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support wellbeing

Essential Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Minimum of 3 years full time clinical experience.
• Actively participate in the Social Work After Hours On Call roster providing crisis response across John Hunter and John Hunter Children's Hospital.

If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply:

• Bring compassion, resilience and advanced clinical expertise to supporting children, young people and families navigating the complexities of haematological conditions.
• Demonstrate strong psychosocial assessment and intervention skills, with the ability to respond thoughtfully to the individual needs of children and their families.
• Apply a family-centred, trauma-informed and evidence-based approach to care, ensuring children and families feel heard, supported and empowered throughout their healthcare journey.
• Work confidently within a multidisciplinary healthcare environment, building collaborative relationships with Medical, Nursing and Allied Health professionals to achieve holistic outcomes.
• Demonstrate the maturity, clinical judgement and resilience required to work with families experiencing complex and challenging circumstances, while maintaining a compassionate and person-centred approach.
   

Bring your dedication, professionalism, and heart for healthcare to our team - we can’t wait to hear from you!

Additional information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
• 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.
• At Hunter New England Local Health District, we are an inclusive employer dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace.  Our commitment to a workforce that reflects the community we care for is essential for delivering the highest quality healthcare to our community. We encourage people with diverse lived experiences to apply. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. We will work with you to meet your needs and create the best possible experience. Please contact HNELHD-Diversity@health.nsw.gov.au  for confidential support.  
• To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
  
   

How to apply:
Click apply online, submit your information and resume, and address the criteria listed below providing examples that demonstrate your ability.

• Demonstrated relevant clinical experience in their field, and ability to develop clinical care plans for complex clinical situations.
• Demonstrated understanding of the current AASW Practice Standards as they relate to the Senior Social Worker in a paediatric health setting and a well-developed knowledge of the psychosocial issues that arise for children, young people and their families during chronic and complex illness and end of life.
• Demonstrated broad experience and well-developed skill in providing psychosocial and risk assessments within person centred, trauma informed and grief & loss models and preferably within a health clinical setting.
   

Need more information? 

• Click here for the Position Description 
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For role related queries or questions contact Alicia Tremain on Alicia.Tremain@health.nsw.gov.au