Social Worker

2 weeks ago


Lower Hutt, New Zealand TonixNZ Full time

As a Registered Social Worker for the community team you will work alongside the multidisciplinary team. You will also support those who are admitted under this service to the older persons ward for a period of assessment and treatment.? Working alongside your medical, allied and nursing colleagues, you will have a key role in supporting the client pathway and discharge planning for clients. Your role will include undertaking social work assessments which will contribute to interdisciplinary formulation and care planning for clients and their family.

As a key point of contact for family and informal support systems, you will assist with the coordination of resources and work to ensure continuity of care and a responsive service. You will be joining a team who are passionate about enhancing possibilities and opportunities for ageing well in later life.

**Responsibilities and duties include**:

- Provision of effective, quality social work services to OPMH clients
- Contributing to the development of interdisciplinary treatment goals in collaboration with clients and family
- Completing comprehensive assessments and plans collaboratively with clients and family
- Delivering social work intervention (direct/indirect) to support the treatment and recovery of clients
- Ensuring equitable consideration to cultural diversity in the multidisciplinary team process
- Assisting clients and their families to achieve optimal health, well-being and safety through provision of appropriate assessment, treatments, rehabilitation and education
- Networking with community agencies to achieve outcomes agreed by the multidisciplinary team process

**M? t? m?tou r?p? ? About our team**

OPMH (Older Persons Mental Health) service is predominately based in the community visiting clients at home or in aged care facilities. This service sits under the Older Persons and Rehabilitation Service (Health of Older Persons) and works closely with the Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability (MHAIDS) teams as well as with other local and regional services.

OPMH provides specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation services for individuals presenting with complex needs which may be related to late onset or a range of functional mental health conditions and/or progressive neurocognitive disorders such as dementia.


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