Social Work Professional Lead

2 weeks ago


Hawke's Bay, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.
Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.

Permanent, Part-time
40 hours per fortnight (0.5 FTE)
(Job share of 0.3 FTE physical health + 0.2 FTE mental health would be considered)

An opportunity has arisen for a registered Social Worker to provide Professional Leadership for the Social Work profession across inpatients, adult community, child development, mental health inpatients and community settings at Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui. The successful applicant would be responsible for Social Work workforce development and liaising with the clinical Group Leadership teams to ensure high quality patient care and equity focused health outcomes.

The successful applicant will be responsible for clinical assurance including facilitating consistent standards of practice amongst Social Workers, ensuring effective use of evidence based, safe and competent practice and supporting managers across services on issues related to Social Work.

The Social Work Professional Lead will provide advice on workforce and organisational priorities, where the role of the Social Worker would enhance the delivery of effective health services for our population. The role will advise and contribute to policies and care pathways in regards to psychological models of care and treatment

The successful applicant will work collaboratively with other Professional Leaders, Team Leaders, Managers and other related positions across the wider health system to support and develop opportunities for Social Workers. You will work with a number of specialists both internally and externally, so you will need the ability to maintain excellent working relationships with these groups of people.

It is essential that you hold registration with the Social Workers Registration Board New Zealand and an up to date practising certificate. Along with this registration, you will have a strong clinical background, be self-motivated, a strategic thinker, an excellent communicator and a team player with commitment to quality, excellence and professional development.

If you feel you have leadership skills and success leading, motivating and developing others together with the drive and enthusiasm to work with our Social Work Team, Clinical Group and Team Leaders then we would like to hear from you.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Te Matau a Maui, Hawke's Bay in general encourages a workforce that is innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills and is passionate about caring for our community. As part of our team we will support, encourage and help you to develop your career with us.

We are committed to delivering and living our Te Whatu Ora values of He kauanuanu - Respect, Ākina - Improvement, Rāranga te tira
- Teamwork and Tauwhiro - Care. You should be someone who has similar personal values.

We are proud of our team's diversity. We know the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce helps us achieve the best outcomes for our patients and the communities in which we operate and serve.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Te Matau a Maui, Hawke's Bay requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means having two vaccinations and one booster.



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