Social Worker

3 days ago

Porirua, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

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

**Location**: Kenepuru Hospital

**Service**: Allied Health Inpatients - Kenepuru

**Contract**: Permanent, full time

**Salary**: $68,671 - $83,030
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
This role is worked primarily on the Health of the Older Persons wards at Kenepuru Hospital, Porirua. The social worker in the role works closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide assessment, intervention and discharge planning for patients who have transferred from Wellington Hospital to Kenepuru Hospital for a period of recovery and MDT intervention. The social worker will also work with patients on the Surgical and Specialist Rehabilitation wards when required.
Come and join our supportive and client focused multidisciplinary team. We work hard and strive to provide an excellent service to our patients and their families and whanau.
The Social Worker in this role will ideally have experience assisting clients, family and whanau to manage the impacts of trauma, injury, poor health and disability and to participate, to the greatest extent possible, in their normal roles and wider social systems.

Along with your social work expertise, you - ll have good communication skills and the ability to quickly build effective working relationships. You - ll also have good time management and prioritisation skills and be quick to pick up the intricacies of working in different clinical teams
Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
The Allied Health Inpatient team comprises of Social Workers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Therapy, Dietitians and Allied Health Assistants. We work closely together, supporting our colleagues to achieve the best possible outcome for patients and their families while have fun and laughter along the way.
Moū - About you
The health social worker - s skill and experience will enable them to:

- Complete comprehensive psychosocial assessments
- Risk assessment and safety planning
- Discharge planning and support
- Assist individuals, families and whanau to manage the impact of injury, diagnosis and treatment
- Supportive counselling
- Advocacy
- Facilitating family meetings
- Knowledge and ability to work with situations of family violence especially in regard to older and vulnerable adults
- Demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and to work positively in improving health outcomes for Maori
- Practical support
- Identify and respond to bereavement, grief and loss
- Liaise with and refer to relevant internal and external agencies and services
- Navigate and work within the legal requirements of health care and social workE 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
Hutt
Valley
Mental
Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply
Your safety and that of our patients is important to us. It is our expectation that you will be fully vaccinated against COVID 19, having received two doses of an approved COVID 19 vaccination.
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together we will succeed

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