Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Social Worker – Level 1/2
Remuneration: $67,442.00 – $97,709.00 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ352730
Applications Close: 18 November 2022
Vaccination Category: A (including influenza and 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccination)
**Female only applicants**
Looking to build your career in Health? With flexible working arrangements, training and development – MLHD are waiting for you!
What we offer
- Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + $9k remote area housing + novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Genuine welcoming and supportive staff and communities
- Career development opportunities
Where you’ll be working
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (WWBH) is one of the busiest rural hospitals in NSW with 300+ beds. We support over 40,000 emergency presentations, 1,100 births and approximately 11,000 operations each year.
WWBH provides services including critical care, medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric, and rehabilitation care along with mental health and community health services.
We work with a team of specialists which include cardiovascular, gastroenterology, renal medicine, obstetrics, orthopedics, psychiatry and pediatrics. There is also the provision of a full range of allied health and support services such as dental, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sexual health, violence prevention and response services.
A specialised Mental Health Recovery Unit provides a large modern and comfortable facility, and our community health services co-located on the Wagga Wagga campus.
To learn more about life in Wagga Wagga please visit us here.
About the Role
The aim of the Violence, Neglect and Abuse Response service is to improve the emotional, social, and mental wellbeing of individuals who have been victims of intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect and their non-offending family members.
The purpose of the Intake Worker position will be to effectively engage, screen, assess, refer, provide brief interventions, and coordinate care needs for individuals through the provision of specialist responses which include:
- Trauma informed crisis intervention and response
- Case coordination that includes intake, assessment, case planning and referral functions
- Client focussed advocacy, liaison and consultation
- Engaging in consultation and liaison resource for MLHD Health Professionals working in acute and non-acute settings
A genuine client centred approach and collaboration across services to ensure clients receive a timely and most appropriate service delivery
How to apply
Your application will require you to include a:
- Resume; and
- Cover Letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position
To learn more about the role, accountabilities, and the required pre-employment checks, please see the Position Description. For a confidential discussion, contact Katie Lynch-Ridley, District Clinical Leader, Sexual Assault Counselling Services on [email protected]
If interested, we encourage you to click apply promptly. Applications will be assessed as they are received, with suitable candidates contacted and progressed without delay.
New applicants must have completed the COVID-19 vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. Should a medical contraindication certificate be provided, ongoing employment post certificate expiry is conditional to meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
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