Social Worker/Registered Nurse/Occupational Therapist - Cafs

• Dunstan Hospital, Frankton
• Salary band - $77,087 - $107,600 p.a. pro-rata plus KiwiSaver
• Permanent, full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week) opportunity

About the role:

• The position will have you working as a case manager providing assessment, treatment and coordination
• Apply evidenced based and best practice principles to underpin social work practice
• Undertake appropriate mental health assessments (including psychosocial and risk assessments) of the consumers and their family's needs and situation
• Exhibit effective assessment and counselling skills and be clinically competent
• Understands the impact of family harm upon consumers and their family especially children and to work to reduce the risk of further harm
• Function as a member of a multidisciplinary team and liaise appropriately with relevant health care professionals, managers, and organisations

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About you:

• Be self-motivated, innovative and an effective problem solver
• Empathetic with patients and their families/whanau
• Be able to work autonomously as well as within a multidisciplinary team
• To be considered for this position, you must have relevant mental health experience, experience in working with young people experiencing mental health issues, hold current registration and an annual practising certificate as an Allied Health Professional (Social Worker, Occupational Therapist)
• Have commitment to maintain social work standards and ethics
• Hold a current APC and Registration with the Social Workers Board of New Zealand
• The successful applicant must hold a full and clean NZ driver's license

Benefits:

• Beautiful coastlines and a family-friendly community
• Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance
• Access to staff fitness facilities and banking offers
• Access to a range of retail discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

About the Team/Service/Location

Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

Salary range

This role belongs to the PSA/DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between Step 1 ($77,087 p.a) and Step 7 ($107,600 p.a pro-rata) of the Degree-Based Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.

To apply

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website.