Position Overview

Key responsibilities

Under limited direction of the Director, you will perform a leadership role within the social work and psychology department and deliver social work duties including provision of high level clinical social work and clinical oversight and support to social workers within the Department. You will:

1. Perform specialised psychosocial interventions and provide specialist advice to social workers to conduct complex psychosocial interventions across a range of clinical areas, including individual and group work to patients and carers.
2. Demonstrate leadership and exercise independent professional judgment and employ innovative problem-solving skills to manage complex cases where principles, procedures and techniques require expansion, adaptation or modification.
3. Provide leadership and clinical oversight of a social work team, facilitate stakeholder in-services and meetings, coordinate case reviews and oversee the completion of clinical and administrative data collection and evaluation to a high standard.
4. Liaise with the patient, carers, multi-disciplinary team members and key internal and external stakeholders: to enhance and establish effective and collaborative partnerships to ensure positive client outcomes.
5. Provide leadership in the ongoing development of the service, including quality improvement, policy development, evaluation and review and contribute to research to support evidence-based practice.
6. Practice in accordance with the professional body’s code of conduct, i.e: The Australian Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and the SOPs or Clinical Practice guidelines of the Social Work Department.
7. Actively participate in supervision, provide clinical supervision and specialist training to staff and students as required, promote professional development and participate in performance management for self and others.
8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

About you

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Competencies

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

Position Requirements / Qualifications

Mandatory

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in social work or equivalent.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working professionally as a social worker, preferably with health experience.
• Computer literacy skills.
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework and all other related frameworks.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:.

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS Credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

What you Require (Key Selection Criteria)

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Proven knowledge of and ability to provide a highly skilled clinical psycho-social assessment, counselling, and complex interventions to patients and families, and support social workers with developing their practice and skills.
2. Advanced level of communication and leadership skills, demonstrated through the ability to lead a team, establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external service providers and stakeholders and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
3. Demonstrated critical self-reflection and active participation in professional supervision and provide clinical supervision to professional staff and students.
4. Demonstrated initiative in undertaking innovative quality improvement activities through policy review, quality improvement processes and research to develop evidence-based practice.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

Work Environment Description

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.