Social Worker/case Management (North Parramatta)

Help coordinate care for clients with complex health needs.
- Be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary addiction care team.
- Use your skills to guide clients toward recovery and stability.

Join a passionate team to support clients with complex needs, coordinating care and making a real impact within a harm reduction framework.

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time **Position Classification**:Social Worker Level 3 **Remuneration**: $112,396
- $116,038 per annum **Hours Per Week**:38 **Location**:WSLHD Drug Health Services
- support to all Drug Health Site might be required.

**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, Holroyd 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 Drug Health Social Worker provides assessment and care co
- ordination of clients, liaison with families and other services to facilitate drug and alcohol treatment within a harm reduction framework. As part of the multidisciplinary Centre for Addiction Medicine Team, the position operates within a harm reduction framework and also acts as a resource supporting colleagues to effectively utalise community health and welfare services and implement care plans for clients with highly complex health and psychosocial needs.

**How to Apply**

**Essential Criteria**:

- License: Current valid NSW Driver’s License and willingness to travel within and outside the Local Health District as required.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Extensive post graduate experience working with clients who have complex drug and alcohol issues including a comprehensive understanding of child protection, homelessness, domestic and family violence, mental illness, and cultural diversity.
- Demonstrated commitment to working and partnering with Aboriginal clients, families and communities as well as improving the health outcomes for socially disadvantaged groups of patients within the local community.
- Demonstrated experience in working within a trauma informed and harm reduction framework.
- Demonstrated experience in crisis intervention, short-term solution focused intervention, complex assessment and care planning.
- Excellent negotiation, decision making, and advocacy skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary and inter
- Demonstrated experience in providing Clinical Supervision, education sessions, facilitating groups. Demonstrated ability to lead Quality Improvement projects.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues, and concerns when communicating with others.

**Requisition ID**:REQ587495 **Applications Close**:5th August 2025

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- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
- People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. _

**_Please note: _**_To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. _
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