· Would you like to make a positive and purposeful impact on tamariki and their whanau?
· Are you interested in supporting transformational change in a dynamic, innovative and challenging clinical context?
· Are you a registered social worker working with Maori whanau presenting with issues in health, education, housing and financial areas?
· Permanent role, Full-time (40 hours per week)
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity Starship Children's Health has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced social worker to provide comprehensive social work services for Maori who have been admitted to Starship Hospital and their whanau across the care continuum. The ultimate purpose is to improve social work care services for Maori and their whanau.
The role fits into the strategic objectives of the DHB of eliminating inequities by supporting Maori -led responses, improving service delivery and placing Maori whanau in the centre of care services. This role includes liaison with the Maori Health Directorate and fostering key relationships with Maori services within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
For further details, please refer to the Position Description here The successful applicant will:
· Be a qualified registered Social Worker and will have a NZ registration with SWRB
· Have a current annual practising certificate (APC)
· Experience in engaging with Maori whanau in ways that are respectful, culturally appropriate and whanau-centred
· Experience in providing supervision is preferable
· Experience in working with children, either in a child protection or health setting
· Case management experience
· Working with Maori whanau presenting with issues in health, education, housing and financial areas.
· Comprehensive understanding of Maori whanau worldviews
To speak with someone from the service about this exciting role, please contact Charlotte McCorkindale, Paediatric Social Work Clinical Lead, ******
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand , the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.
Te Toka Tumai | Starship Child Health is the leading provider of child health care in New Zealand and the South Pacific, providing world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency, and urgent care to children and their whanau. We seek to lead New Zealand in paediatric service delivery through the building of our reputation as a national centre of excellence in child health care.
He aha nga painga o tenei mahi mou | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland.
We offer:
- Access to professional development budget
Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role in your cover letter and CV quoting job reference ADHB20734.
To view details about our recruitment process, click here .
To apply please click 'apply now' below. If you have any queries about accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Honey Pillai, Recruitment Consultant at ******
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Job Field: Clinical-Allied Health-Social Worker Auckland Central, Auckland Region, New Zealand
Auckland Central, Auckland Region, New Zealand
Auckland Central, Auckland Region, New Zealand
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