What you'll be doing
The Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit is a 6 bed specialist acute mental health statewide inpatient unit located within the grounds of Shellharbour Hospital. The unit provides a safe, developmentally appropriate, and therapeutic environment, allowing comprehensive diagnostic assessments, therapeutic programs, and management. of children and adolescents between 12 to 17 years (inclusive) with serious mental health presentations.
This position provides high quality Social Work service to young people and their family/carers to ensure the provision of optimal health outcomes consistent with ISLHD policies, procedures, standards, relevant legislation, and the NSW Health Code of Conduct.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (2 doses) which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Please provide proof of vaccination if available.
Talent Pool
This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool / eligibility list where candidates may be offered casual, ongoing permanent, or temporary full-time or part-time positions within the next 18 months.
Please note: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.