Social Worker - General + TACP

🔍 Armidale, Armidale Hospital | New England / North West

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Armidale, Armidale Community Health Service | New England / North West

📁: Social Worker

💼: Hunter New England Local Health District

📅   : REQ590583 Requisition #

Guide patients from hospital to home - support recovery, independence & wellbeing in a flexible, team-supported social work role in Armidale

Remuneration: $37.03 - $52.83 per hour + superannuation + salary packaging
Location: Armidale Hospital / Armidale Community Health Service
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time available
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 1/2
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ590583
Applications Close: Thursday 7th August 2025

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

Gain valuable clinical experience across multiple clinical areas
Be supported by an experienced team for your professional development
Work collaboratively with a supportive multidisciplinary team
Be supported to manage your caseload effectively to continue to learn and grown
Contribute to the health and well-being of the community
Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
Proximity to shopping and other services
ADO's each month (for full time employees)
Salary packaging options
Fitness Passport
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

This is an exciting opportunity for an early career social worker!

We currently have two permanent part-time Social Work positions available in Armidale, offering flexibility for the successful applicant. These roles can be combined to create a permanent full-time position, or applicants may choose to apply for either role individually.

About the available opportunities:

Generalist Hospital Social Work – Armidale Hospital

This position is part of the Social Work team at Armidale Hospital, working alongside a group of highly experienced Social Workers who provide ongoing support and mentoring. This is a job-share role, covering Wednesday to Friday, with participation in a rotating weekend roster approximately once every six weeks. The role focuses on responding to referrals from medical and surgical teams, providing clinical social work services to support safe and timely discharge planning.

Transitional Aged Care Program (TACP) Social Work – Community Health

This position is based within the Community Health Centre as part of the TACP team. The role is focused on supporting older people transitioning home from hospital, helping to improve both their physical and psychosocial wellbeing to restore a level of functioning that allows them to live safely and independently at home. The TACP team provides strong support, and additional professional support is also available through the broader Social Work network.

There is an advantage of applying for both roles!

There is strong synergy between these two positions, which makes combining them into a full-time role a highly attractive option. All TACP referrals originate from hospital settings, and patients are often initially seen by the Generalist Hospital Social Worker. The Generalist role also provides support to patients within the rehabilitation ward (Rehab CP), many of whom transition into the TACP program. Holding both positions offers continuity of care for patients and allows the Social Worker to follow a person’s journey from hospital through to successful discharge home, enhancing both job satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

Applicants are welcome to express interest in one or both positions. The roles can be structured as part-time or full-time depending on the successful applicant’s preference.

About the roles:

In the Generalist Hospital Social Worker position (20 hours), you will work as part of the Social Work team alongside fellow Social Workers and Aboriginal Health Workers. You will respond to referrals from the medical and surgical teams at Armidale Hospital.

The primary aim of this role is to support safe and timely discharge planning through the provision of high-quality social work services. This includes conducting psychosocial assessments, engaging in problem-solving with patients and families, and advocating with external agencies such as the NDIS, Guardianship, and Aged Care services.

This is a part-time role, job-sharing from Wednesday to Friday, with participation in a rotating weekend roster approximately once every six weeks when trained. There is flexibility to negotiate specific hours.

The TACP position (20 hours) provides both practical and emotional support to patients for approximately three months as they transition from hospital back to their home environment. Patients typically have recovery-focused goals and may require assistance adjusting to changes in their medical or physical circumstances.

The role involves providing practical support, which may include assistance with navigating systems such as Centrelink, NDIS or aged care. In addition, the social worker will assist with case management by identifying the patient’s needs, coordinating services, and making appropriate referrals to other support agencies as required.

Support provided:

These positions offer new graduates and early career social workers the opportunity to develop foundational skills in communication within the health setting across a range of clinical areas. The roles require the ability to undertake comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments with patients and their families. Applicants will develop knowledge of key systems including the NDIS, Aged Care, and Guardianship pathways, and gain experience supporting patients and families through these processes.

These positions are ideal for those wanting to build their skills in assessment and collaborative practice within both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams. Regular supervision is provided to support professional development and growth in these core areas of social work practice.

The positions will be supported in professionally with supervision from other social workers. The social worker team in the hospital and the TACP team in the community health centre. In addition, there is support to attend professional development opportunities as they arise.

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

Additional Information:

To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
It is feasible for a recommended individual to be evaluated for an Allied Health Assistant (AHA) role prior to the completion of formal qualifications or registration. Such considerations are made on a case-by-case basis, ensuring that each candidate's unique circumstances and potential contributions are taken into account.

How to apply:

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

1. Demonstrated effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

2. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage time and set priorities.

3. Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Need more information?

1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Fiona Ord on Fiona.Ord@health.nsw.gov.au or Gemma Model on Gemma.Model@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants:

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

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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.