Deafness Centre Social Worker (Westmead)

**Employment Type**: Temporary Part Time up to 27 March 2026 **Position Classification**: Social Worker Lvl 3 **Remuneration**: 112396
- 116038 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging) **Hours Per Week**: 30 **Requisition ID**: REQ571894
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.
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**Additional Information**
- An eligibility list may be created for future temporary part time vacancies.

The Deafness Centre is a multidisciplinary child development service for children with hearing impairment and deafness. The Deafness Centre Social Worker provides a comprehensive social work service to families of children diagnosed with permanent deafness or hearing impairment. As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the social worker provides psychosocial assessment, case management, individual and family counselling, psycho-education, practical assistance, and support for families during the period of diagnosis and in their ongoing adjustment to their child’s needs. The social worker will also undertake consultation/liaison with community service providers. The social work role promotes an understanding of the emotional and social impact of deafness/hearing impairment on families and works collaboratively with audiological, medical and educational services.

**What you'll be doing**

The primary focus of this position is to provide a comprehensive and specialist social work service to children, young people and their families referred from the relevant clinical area. This includes psychosocial assessments, specialist counselling, group work, psycho-education and advocacy. The social worker works as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. The senior social work is required to play a key role in service development and continuous quality improvement to ensure clinical needs of children and their families are met. The position takes a leadership role in the development and provision of education programs in the relevant specialty for both social workers and health professionals within SCHN and externally. The social worker also provides a consultative role within their specialisation to key stakeholders
- Eligibility for AASW membership with significant post graduate experience in social work practice with families and children and/or in health context.
- Substantial post graduate experience in social work practice with children and their families.
- A well-developed knowledge of the psycho-social challenges facing families in the relevant clinical area and a sound knowledge of relevant community resources and support services available to the children and families.
- Significant post graduate experience in a variety of social work interventions/modalities including psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, case management, counselling, group work.
- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and written communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in clinical supervision, professional education activities, service planning, and quality improvement activities.
- Competent computer skills and ability to adapt to new IT systems.
- Capacity to share after hours and weekend on call duties
- as required.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity
- we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.

Please refer to the Application Guide and NSW Policy Directive PD2024_015 Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases for vaccination requirements.

NSWHealth is committed to child safety in line with the Child Secure Standards. SCHN is committed to maintaining a child safe culture that upholds the rights of children and young people. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported, and are included in their care. Existing staff of SCHN and those seeking employment are required to prioritise the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people in their care and take action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.

Applicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.

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