Social Worker

2 weeks ago


Porirua, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora ' Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

**Location**: 45 Raiha Street, Porirua

**Service**: Tane Mahuta, Regional Rehabilitation Service

**Contract**: Permanent, full time

**Salary**: $59,035 - $83,030 as per MECA
Kōrero mō te tūranga ' About the role
Clinically support mental health service users during periods when they are experiencing moderate to severe periods of psychiatric illness that require assessment, treatment and support to assist the individual and their whānau and supports along the recovery journey, back to primary health care. Our client group is diverse and we cover a broad-spectrum both socioeconomically and culturally. Specialist services also cater to specific population groups eg. Maori Mental Health, Health Pacifica, Maternal or Community Drug and Alcohol Services.
The Social Worker is responsible for providing clinically effective service users assessment, treatment, intervention and goal setting with service users. This includes treatment /recovery plans developed together with the service users and family/whanau. The role also involves on 'going monitoring and discharge panning.
Along with case management the Social Worker also provides individual and group work, education and providing sound clinical and cultural knowledge in the MDT discussions. The Social Worker will work closely with service users /whanau and community agencies to achieve the outcomes agreed by the multidisciplinary process. The Social Worker will also contribute to their own professional development activities as well as wider social work activities within the DHB.
Mō tō mātou rōpū ' About our team
We work from a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) framework and the social worker is an important part of the MDT. We work closely with tangata whaiora and whanau to meet individual needs that support recovery and progress through a rehabilitation pathway that has a focus on the development of personal skills enabling people to reintegrate into local communities and eventual discharge. The Social Worker works closely with the nurse keyworker for each individual to ensure actions are completed in a timely manner ' communication is an important part of each MDT members skill set.
Moū ' About you

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**:

- Previous experience in working as a social worker with mental health consumers and disability consumers in a public sector health setting would be desirable. Essential Professional Qualifications / Accreditations / Registrations:

- Registered Social Worker with current annual practicing certificate;
- Current full NZ driver's licence with ability to drive a manual and automatic car;
- A high standard of written and spoken English.Someone well-suited to the role will place a high value on the following:

- Providing high quality care for the consumer
- Working collaboratively with other clinicians
- Ensuring that they follow through on their work
- Delivering identified outcomesE pā ana ki a tatou ' About us

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

**To find out more about us click on the following links**:
Capital and
Coast DHB
Hutt
Valley DHB
Mental
Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service
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