Senior Social Worker

1 week ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Full time
  • Join our social and friendly multidisciplinary team
  • Continuous professional development opportunities available

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Te Toka Tumai – Auckland City Hospital have an opportunity available for a Senior Social Worker to join our team working in the Liver Service - permanent, 0.8FTE. You will be completing biopsychosocial assessments for patients and their whānau who are being considered for candidacy for a liver transplant. In addition, you will provide supportive counselling to patients and whānau who are adjusting to and coping with a chronic disease, in particular addiction related counselling interventions focused on behavioural change. Having completed training in this area or be willing to undertake this is required. The role will be varied, and each patient's needs will be unique. An understanding of addiction issues, in particular alcohol use disorder is preferred as you will support patients with plans to enhance their candidacy for transplant, including developing treatment plans. A strong understanding of career stress, excellent advocacy skills and the ability to think critically and develop patient centred interventions is required.

You will be the sole Social Worker within the Liver Service, therefore the ability to clearly articulate the role of a Social Worker and ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team is essential.

You will be working with patients both admitted to the wards and in the outpatient clinic settings. Being able to independently prioritise and manage your workload is imperative. However, you will be provided with regular supervision and continuing professional development to enhance your capacity to engage in effective social work practice. You will receive regular support from your Practice Supervisor and Clinical Lead.

For further information about the role, please contact Kristy Martin, Clinical Lead Mob: or e-mail:


Click here to view the position description

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

As the ideal candidate for this role you have the following skills and attributes:

Required:

  • A recognised Social Work qualification with full registration with the New Zealand Social Workers' Registration Board and a current Annual Practising Certificate
  • Minimum of six years of practice experience
  • Excellent psycho-social assessment and intervention skills
  • Well-developed communication skills
  • An understanding and competence in Tikanga Māori
  • The service operates an after-hours, on-call service 7 days per week. The ability to work outside of regular work hours, including weekends is required

Preferred:

  • Experience in Health Social Work
  • Experience working with addiction issues
  • Strong cultural knowledge and a capacity to work effectively alongside our diverse communities

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai.

For more information on what we offer, please click here

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Advertising closes: Sunday 16 June, :59 pm (New Zealand standard time).

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role. Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the role and to the competencies listed in the position description.

Click here to view details about our recruitment process

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Vaidehi Sharma - Recruitment Consultant at quoting ref ADHB21258 to discuss how we can best support your application.

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