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7 months ago

Christchurch, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury Full time

**Permanent part-time contract (0.6FTE) 24 hours per week.**:

- ** Registration with the New Zealand Social Work board and current APC essential.**:

- ** Days of work are Thursday, Friday and Saturday**:

- ** Pay scale as per the PSA Allied Health Agreement.**

**Mō te tūnga **| **About the Role**

We are seeking a skilled and passionate social worker within the family protection space to join our team in this permanent part time role.

Utilise your experience supporting referrals from Health New Zealand staff pertaining to intimate partner abuse, maternal care, wellbeing and elder abuse where there are concerns for abuse and neglect. Provide guidance to staff seeking to manage cases where patients are experiencing abuse and neglect.

**Ko wai koe | About You**

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Receives referrals from Oranga Tamariki and the Police for paediatric medical assessments when there are concerns regarding abuse and neglect.
- Receives referrals from Health staff where there is child protection, family violence and elder abuse concerns.
- Provides guidance, consultation, training and education to Health staff on child protection, family violence and elder abuse matters.
- Facilitates and coordinates multidisciplinary meetings that supports staff to review cases where there is vulnerability.
- Develops and maintains the Child Protection and Intimate Partner Violence Policies.
- Participates in the Police Integrated Safety Response to promote immediate safety for families experiencing family violence.
- Provides child and young people that are referred by the Ministry for Children Oranga Tamariki with Gateway Assessments.
- Provides Infant2teen Health Assessments to identify and address children's wholistic health and educational needs.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako **| **Skills and Experience**

**Essential**
- Must be a registered Social Worker with a minimum of 5 years Child Protection experience.
- Experience in training and presentation to groups
- Experience in coaching and mentoring of staff
- Computer literacy
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Have an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural differences and expectations of health service consumers and different ethnic backgrounds
- A current Driver’s Licence

**Desirable**
- Experience in health services in Canterbury Health and/or Oranga Tamariki
- Experience in care and protection work

**Mō mātou | About Us**

“Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do”

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

**Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Health New Zealand | **Te Whatu Ora**

When you work at Health New Zealand, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you

Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within Health New Zealand.
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