Acute Social Work Team Leader - Blacktown Hospital

Lead the Acute Social Work Team at Blacktown Mt Druitt Hospitals, managing complex clinical services, team operations, and implementing key health initiatives.
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave.
- Salary Packaging
- lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay.

**Employment Type**:**Permanent Full Time **Position Classification**:**Social Worker Level 4 **Remuneration**:**$121,658
- $124,607 per annum **Hours Per Week**: 38 (Job Share may be considered for part time hours) **Location**:**Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospitals

**Where you'll be working** Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Cumberland and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond'. and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment.

**What you'll be doing** The Acute Social Work Team Leader Blacktown Mt Druitt Hospitals has recognised high level clinical skills and is able to perform novel, complex and critical clinical services to patients, families and carers with a high level of qualified knowledge. The Acute Social Work Team Leader Blacktown Mt Druitt Hospitals is able to demonstrate advanced reasoning skills on circumstances of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills, operates autonomously with minimum direct clinical supervision and has a consultative role within their area of speciality. They are responsible for managing a team with operational/supervisory tasks within the team, including planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting on clinical services and are involved in the implementation of WSLHD protocols, initiatives, policies and procedures.

**How to Apply**

**Essential Requirements**
- Qualification: Tertiary qualification in Social Work
- Registration: Eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW)

**Selection Criteria**
- Social Work experience in complex care coordination in a hospital setting.
- Demonstrated experience in management and team leadership, including experience in staff and student supervision.
- Experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures for service improvement and skills in providing training and education.
- Demonstrated well-developed time management skills with excellent written and verbal communication, including report writing skills.
- Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stake holders throughout all organisational levels.
- Ability to initiate, lead, complete and implement quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
- Ability to participate in the After-Hours Crisis On Call Social Work Service.

**Requisition ID: REQ553518** **Applications Close: 23rd March 2025**

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- People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard._

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