CAMHS Senior Social Worker

✨ Senior Social Worker (Level 4) – Combine specialist clinical practice with meaningful leadership, mentoring and service development across CAMHS.



Remuneration: $66.36 - $67.97 Per Hour + 12% Super + Salary Packaging
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until February 2027
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 4
Hours Per Week: 14
Location: Lake Macquarie Site (1A Dudley Road, Charlestown NSW 2290)
Requisition ID: REQ688308
Applications Close: Thursday 24th September 2026


 

🌿About the Role:

As a Senior Social Worker (Level 4) within CAMHS, you will work in partnership with another Senior Social Worker as part of a job-share arrangement, providing high-quality specialist assessment, therapeutic intervention, consultation, and clinical leadership to children, young people, and their families/carers experiencing significant mental health concerns.

The role combines direct clinical work with discipline-specific leadership responsibilities, including consultation, mentoring, education, supervision and support to clinicians within a multidisciplinary environment.

You will provide specialist patient-centred clinical advice to consumers, families/carers and healthcare professionals, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support the capability and professional growth of Social Work staff across the HNE CAMHS network.

You will receive direct line management from the CAMHS Greater Newcastle Team Leader and work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team including Social Workers, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Dietitians and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists.

The role includes regular professional supervision, discipline-specific mentoring, structured orientation and ongoing professional development opportunities. You will also have access to specialist consultation, peer support and district-wide Social Work leadership networks to support your ongoing growth as a senior clinician and leader.


📍Where you’ll be working:

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Senior Social Worker (Level 4) to join our supportive and dynamic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Greater Newcastle team on a temporary part-time basis for 6 months, working 14 hours per week. The successful applicant will work in a job-share arrangement with another Senior Social Worker (Level 4), providing continuity of senior Social Work expertise and leadership across the service.

This position is based with the Lake Macquarie CAMHS team at 1A Dudley Road, Charlestown, with occasional travel to other Greater Newcastle CAMHS locations during work hours as required. While operationally based within Greater Newcastle, this role also has district-wide responsibilities, supporting the development and growth of the Social Work workforce across Hunter New England CAMHS.

This is a unique opportunity to combine specialist child and adolescent mental health practice with district-wide professional leadership and workforce development, contributing to the future direction of Social Work within HNE CAMHS.

CAMHS is a specialist mental health service providing assessment, treatment and care coordination for children and young people aged 0–17 years and their families/carers across Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD). We work within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment, delivering individual, dyadic and family-based interventions to support young people experiencing complex and severe mental health difficulties.

Staff are supported through strong local governance structures and the broader CAMHS and Mental Health networks. The Senior Social Worker (Level 4) is a key leader within both the local team and the wider CAMHS Social Work network
 

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:

• Must hold as a minimum a bachelor degree in social work which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers, or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Eligibility to drive in NSW and interstate and the willingness to travel in the course of employment.

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

🧠 Extensive experience in conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments and delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions for children, young people and their families/carers navigating complex mental health presentations.
🤝 Highly developed interpersonal, consultation and conflict resolution skills, with a natural ability to build trusted, respectful and effective professional and therapeutic relationships.
💡 The ability to provide specialist clinical advice and expertise to service managers, contributing to clinical service delivery, practice development and responsive service redesign aligned with consumer and community needs.
🌟 Advanced clinical reasoning skills, with the confidence and capability to provide specialist clinical consultation, guidance and leadership within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.
❤️ A genuine commitment to best-practice care, underpinned by evidence-based, trauma-informed, family-centred and culturally responsive approaches.
🔄 Flexibility, initiative and sound prioritisation skills, with the ability to navigate competing demands while contributing to service improvement and positive outcomes for consumers.
🌱 A collaborative and proactive approach, with a genuine willingness to contribute to a dynamic team culture that values psychological safety, continuous learning, staff wellbeing and shared success.

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 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 ability to build and maintain co-operative professional and therapeutic relationships with key stakeholders, patients/consumers and their families/carers through the application of well-developed interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to provide advice to service managers on clinical service delivery, development, practice and redesign. This includes guidance in the development of mental health clinical services in response to demand and client needs.
• Extensive experience in mental health assessment, intervention, and evaluation of clinical outcomes. This includes demonstrated understanding of the principles of trauma informed care, recovery-oriented service delivery and the need for co-designing and co-producing mental health services with consumers, carers and clinicians (Minimum of 3 years full time clinical experience).

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