Senior Social Worker – Assertive Community Management Team - Drug and Alcohol Services

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD); Sydney; On-site; AUD 122,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Up to 12 days off per year

Learning and development opportunities

Health & wellbeing benefits

Job summary

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is seeking a Social Worker Level 3 to deliver high-quality Drug and Alcohol care. The role is permanent full-time at The Langton Centre, Surry Hills, with a 38-hour week and remuneration of $121,568.00–$125,507.00 per annum plus superannuation.

The role involves clinical leadership, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and opportunities for professional growth within SESLHD’s D&A services across clinics and hospitals.

Qualifications

• Extensive postgraduate clinical experience in Drug and Alcohol.
• Eligibility for membership of the AASW and ongoing professional learning.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and implement advanced clinical practice in Drug and Alcohol care.
• Provide supervision and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
• Deliver education to health care professionals and supervise students on placement.

Skills

Drug & Alcohol clinical

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

AASW eligibility

Post-graduate D&A experience

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3

Remuneration: $121,568.00 - $125,507.00 Per Annum Plus Superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ705207

Location: The Langton Centre, Surry Hills

Applications Close Date: 23/11/26

What You'll Be Doing

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. SESLHD Drug and Alcohol Service offers a range of treatment and support services for people with problems from their alcohol, prescription or illicit drug use, and/or their families and carers. Outpatient D&A services are located in clinics at the Langton Centre in Surry Hills, St George Hospital in Kogarah, and Caringbah Community Health Centre at Sutherland Hospital. Inpatient D&A services are provided at Sydney Hospital, Prince of Wales, St. George and Sutherland Hospitals. Our goal is to improve health, wellbeing and social outcomes for individuals, families and the community, related to drug and alcohol use.

SESLHD D&A strives to be a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers, as well as workers. We have Aboriginal identified positions, cultural supervision is available, and we welcome and encourage applicants for this position who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander themselves. The job provides an opportunity to work closely with community and strengthen connections and engagement with healthcare. Our service also strives to provide a safe space for diverse workers, including those who identify as culturally and linguistically diverse, and those from the LGBTQI+ community. The purpose of this role is to plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Social Work in order to provide high quality Drug and Alcohol Care care to ACM patients of SESLHD D&A consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards. Further detail of the ACM approach can be found here: https://alcoholtreatmentguidelines.com.au/case-management/assertive-community-management

This role includes responsibilities for supervision, quality improvement initiatives, education delivery to other health care professionals and the teaching of students on clinical placement.

Additional Benefits

• Financial benefits - Salary packaging options - Up to $9K for living expenses, $2.6K meal & entertainment, Novated Leasing; and Discounted Private Health Insurance.
• Work-life balance - Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
• Professional growth - Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning.
• Health & wellbeing - Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.

Selection Criteria

• Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and eligibility for membership of the AASW and demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning.
• Extensive post graduate clinical experience in Drug and Alcohol.
• Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels
• Demonstrated ability to provide high level clinical advice, education and support to others in providing service excellence
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes
• Demonstrated active participation in developing, implementing and reporting on services.

For role related queries or questions contact Sarah Blakemore on [e-mail]

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email [e-mail] and let us know.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
• 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.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer
• We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support ([e-mail]) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website