Social Work Team Leader

Permanent Full time position available, 40 hours per week.
- Regular

hours Monday to Friday with - ability to support weekend and evenings roster
required
- Registered
social worker with experience in health social work

**The Team**: What we do
Our Social Work
Team covers all the Christchurch Hospital Campus. We have six teams providing a
24/7 and Monday to Friday service across all departments. As a professional and highly skilled
registered Social Worker, who displays a positive attitude and enthusiasm for Leadership,
you will enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic multidisciplinary environment. You will enjoy the challenges of working in a
fluid environment responding to a diverse range of health needs working at top
of you scope of practice.

**The Role**:
Where you fit in
You will have Proven leadership experience and the ability to help build a culture of excellence in professional conduct, personal responsibility and accountability, leading by example. You'll foster an environment and culture that supports innovation and creativity in practice, continuous quality improvement, research, teaching, supervision and training and development of staff. It will be important to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning and evidence based practice and is a role model for ongoing professional development.
In this role, you

**will be responsible for**:

- a

clinical case load within a defined area of service delivery as agreed with the
Social Work Clinical Manager, undertakes own clinical
supervision and fulfils responsibilities for own performance appraisal.
- Works in partnership with the Social Work Clinical
Manager and in partnership with other Clinical Team Leaders to ensure the
appropriate skill mix and numbers of staff to meet current and future service
demands.
- Ensures team members are informed of current and
new/revised CDHB Social Work policies and procedures and obligations to comply
- Assists
the Social Work Clinical Manager with the recruitment, selection, induction,
training and development, performance management, annual performance appraisals
and supervision of Social Work workforce.
- Supports and assists the Social Work

Clinical Manager to
undertake performance appraisals, coaching, mentoring of direct reports.
- Ensures legislative requirements are met in relation to professional
practice and registration of direct reports
- Ensures professional supervision of direct reports is undertaken as
required by the profession and CDHB Supervision Policy.
This role will see
you working alongside different multidisciplinary teams so being a team player
who can quickly adapt will be essential to your success. Our service is
committed to the professional development of our staff and offers regular
ongoing development opportunities.
Mō mātou | About Us
- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all

we do
- Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, 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 Te Whatu
Ora [Health New Zealand]
When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, 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.
The Future of the Health Industry
only be performed by a person who has been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Covid-19. As a person working in the health and disability sector you will come
into contact with a large number of people, some of whom may be
vulnerable. Without a vaccine, there is the risk that you may contract
Covid-19. The requirement to be vaccinated is to keep you safe and also
to endeavour to protect others against the potential transmission of Covid-19
as a result of you contracting it in the course of your employment.