Social Worker - Rural Health

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury; Ashburton; Presencial; NZD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a NZ Registered Social Worker for Ashburton Hospital to join a multidisciplinary team. This permanent full-time role provides social work across inpatient, day patient, outpatient and community services in the Mid Canterbury region.

The successful applicant will have current APC, experience across the life span, and a commitment to te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori. Graduating in 2026 welcomed to apply.

Formación

• NZ Registered Social Worker with current APC is essential.
• Graduating in 2026 and awaiting registration are welcome to apply.

Responsabilidades

• Provide high-quality Social Work services to inpatients, outpatients and community patients.
• Provide evaluation, therapeutic and educational services to patients/clients.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team and liaise with health providers.
• Assess and intervene for adults, children and families to support them at home wherever possible.

Conocimientos

Social Work

Teamwork

Communication

Cultural competence

Educación

NZ Registered Social Worker

APC (current)

Descripción del empleo

Use your broad range of Social Work abilities to help within a talented multi-disciplinary team.Permanent full time position, 40 hours per week (1.0FTE)NZ Registered Social Worker with current APC is essential.However, those graduating in 2026 and awaiting registration are welcome to apply.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in theprinciples of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health systemthat serves all NewZealanders.

About the Role

About the RoleAshburton Hospital provides a range of Inpatient, Daypatient, Outpatient and Community based health services to the wider mid-Canterbury community.The Hospital has 74 beds and annually admits around 5,000patients, cares for 2,600 day patients and 15,000 patients attend outpatientappointments.

Rural health services employ around 550 full time and parttime staff, which includes a clinical workforce in medicine, surgery andgynaecology, supported by nursing and allied health professionals withextensive experience in a wide range of clinical situations.

This role will involve providing Social Work to inpatient, outpatientand community services to Ashburton and Rural Health Service. You would be partof a small team of experienced Social Workers who work together to provide a generalistservice across the life span where no 2days will be the same.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality Social Work services which meets the needs of the inpatients, outpatients and community patients / clients of Mid Canterbury
• Providing evaluation, therapeutic and educational services to patients/clients of Ashburton
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team and liaising with health providers
• Providing assessment and intervention for adults, children and families with illness and/or disability to support them to remain in their own environment for aslongaspossible

About You

We are seeking an enthusiastic Social Worker to join ourteam in this full time, permanent position.Your skillswill include:

• A drive to ensure best healthoutcomes for people requiring Social Work services
• The ability to work within a team and contribute to the provision of highquality care
• Being self-motivated, organised and enjoy a challenge
• Knowledge of te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori OR a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and nurture relationships with patients, their supports, colleagues andservice leaders

You will be a NZ Registered Social Worker with acurrent APCoracompletingyour degreein 2026andawaitingregistrationWorking at Health New ZealandHealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuringexcellent healthcare for the people of NewZealand.

We embrace a workforce thatisdiverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand andservice our community.

We welcome applications from our diverseMāori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

If you have any questions aboutthe role, please contact Courtney [e-mail]

To be eligible for this role you must hold the legal right to work and live in New Zealand, if you do not hold the legal right to live and work in New Zealand your application will be declined.

We will be reviewing applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.