Senior Social Worker Nurturing Connections Caregiver Child Relationship Service
We are looking for an experienced and passionate social worker to join the innovative new Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Nurturing Connections Service.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time and Part Time until 30 June 2028 (with possibility of ongoing employment) (Job Share available)
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $2,154.06 - $2,223.86 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ566353
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.
Where you'll be working
Nurturing Connections Child Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Macquarie Hospital (with LHD wide outreach)
What you'll be doing
The Nurturing Connections: Caregiver-Child Relationship Service aims to improve outcomes for children and families through evidence-based assessment and intervention for caregivers and their infants and young children. The team will work with caregivers who are pregnant or caring for a child up to age 4. The focus of intervention is on improving responsive caregiver-child relationships and the quality of family relationships; increasing strength, skills and competencies of caregivers and their children and improving caregiver capacity to manage mental health and psychosocial stressors.
The Senior Social Work position will work within a multidisciplinary team to support parents/caregivers experiencing complex, moderate to severe mental health challenges and other parental stressors (e.g. substance use, DV, trauma, etc) where there are impacts on the parent/caregivers ability to establish an early attachment relationship with their infant/child (0-4 years).
The clinician will use high levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge to support families engaged in the service.
The role will provide key linkages with Nurturing Connections NGO partners and lead on providing family and carer supports within the service.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- A Bachelor or post graduate degree in Social Work and eligibility for the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with a minimum experience at Level 2.
- Previous experience in adult mental health, perinatal and infant mental health and working families with infants/children where parents are experiencing severe and complex mental health and psychosocial vulnerabilities. Demonstrated knowledge of the impact of mental health problems and mental illness on parent infant/child relationships and infant/child development.
- Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels. Demonstrated experience in providing advice to managers on clinical service development, practice change and service redesign.
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For role related queries or questions contact Lee Meredith on Lee.Meredith@health.nsw.gov.au or 0475 963 786.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
Applications Close: 17 April 2025
Tentative Interview Dates: Week commencing 28 April 2025
