Social Worker - VSC Psychosocial Service

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Social Worker - VSC Psychosocial Service


Job Description

What can we offer you: 

  • Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
  • Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
  • Flexible working conditions
  • 12% Superannuation.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program.
  • Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
  • Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
  • Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval)

About the Role:

There is an exciting new job opportunity for a Social Worker in the new VSC Psychosocial Service. This is a newly established service that provides trauma-informed information and support for children, young people and their families with variations in sex characteristics (VSC), also known as differences in sex development or intersex variations.

The Service is committed to working with children, young people and families to provide a high standard of professional treatment and care. This includes protecting the rights of people with a VSC under the Variation in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Act 2023 (VSC Act 2023). As a Social Worker with the service you will work with a multidisciplinary team, including psychosocial staff, relevant medical specialists, and other members of the care team, to provide high quality evidence-based assessment, intervention and support for people with variations in sex characteristics. This may include supporting families to understand a child or young person’s treatment options so they can make fully informed decisions about potential interventions.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

  • Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
  • Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
  • Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
  • Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: This position is part-time at (22.05) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.

Applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

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