Social Worker – Alcohol & Drug Service (Trauma‑Informed)

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney; Sydney; On-site; AUD 79,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

Curran Foundation scholarships

Study leave

Fitness benefits

Job summary

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney – Sydney CBD NSW is seeking a Social Worker to join the Alcohol and Drug Service, Community Outpatient, in Darlinghurst. The role delivers psychosocial assessments, counselling, and health education for people who use stimulants, using trauma-informed and harm minimisation approaches.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team to develop care plans, provide therapeutic support and group programs, and coordinate referrals, with a max term contract until June 2027

Qualifications

• Degree in Social Work and eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary teams in a high demand environment with sound liaison, negotiation and time management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of legislative requirements for domestic violence, child protection, guardianship and victims of crime.
• Demonstrated clinical skills, knowledge and/or experience in bio-psychosocial assessment, counselling, therapy interventions, case management, advocacy and discharge planning.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with minimal direct supervision.
• Experience working in alcohol and other drug and/or mental health services is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychosocial assessments, counselling, brief interventions and health education for people who use stimulants, using evidence-informed, trauma-informed and harm minimisation approaches.
• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, intake and triage, and develop individualised care plans that respond to consumer needs.
• Provide social work interventions including therapeutic support, care coordination, advocacy, referral management and support addressing social determinants of health.
• Develop and facilitate therapeutic and psychoeducational group programs, while contributing to community education and service improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated care, support complex clinical decision-making and contribute to best-practice service delivery.
• Participate in the Alcohol and Drug Service Violence and Neglect Response roster alongside other social workers in the service, Monday to Friday during business hours, with no on-call requirement.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Time management

Clinical assessment

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney – Sydney CBD NSW is seeking a Social Worker to join the Alcohol and Drug Service, Community Outpatient, in Darlinghurst. The role delivers psychosocial assessments, counselling, and health education for people who use stimulants, using trauma-informed and harm minimisation approaches.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team to develop care plans, provide therapeutic support and group programs, and coordinate referrals, with a max term contract until June 2027