Agency Department of Health Work unit Allied Health

Job title Senior Social Worker Designation Professional 3

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $117,625 - $131,735 Location Alice Springs

Position number 4220 RTF 359829 Closing 26/11/2026

Contact Officer Jieun Chun, Manager of Social Work on 08 8951 7972 or [email protected]

About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=359829

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY

QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the

OCPE website.

Primary objective

Assist the Alice Springs Social Work Manager in the management, coordination and delivery of a high quality, culturally appropriate,

effective, efficient and contemporary Social Work assessment and intervention service, meeting the needs of Alice Springs Hospital inpatients and outpatients, their families and significant others.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide timely, clinically and culturally appropriate Social Work services within a multidisciplinary framework.
2. Provide expert advice on program and clinical issues within Social Work.
3. Provide leadership, supervision,



mentorship and education to staff and students.
4. Ensure best possible work performance through effective implementation of Work Partnership Plans (WPP) including the provision of

professional supervision and promotion of learning.
1. Initiate, implement and complete continuous quality improvement and service development activities at a local or regional level to

ensure delivery of contemporary Social Work services.
1. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in

order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
1. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary team leadership practices and role modelling behaviour in accordance with the

TEHS Organisational Culture Charter
1. Promote effective and efficient Social Work services within Department of Health and Community Services in Central Australia

through consultation and advice to managers, professional support for Social Workers in solos positions and participations in recruitment processes as appropriate.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Relevant qualifications in Social Work that meets membership eligibility requirements of the Australian Association of Social Workers

(AASW).
1. Extensive post graduate experience in providing contemporary high level clinical Social Work services to patients and families/carers.
2.



Extensive postgraduate experience working in and leading teams within a hospital social work setting and demonstrated ability to

facilitate and support team functioning in a pressured environment.
1. Proven ability to independently plan and priorities a high-volume complex workload within an ever-changing work environment.
2. Extensive experience in clinical supervision of students and staff and a commitment to career development.
3. Demonstrated awareness and understanding of Aboriginal culture and proven experience in working effectively with patients and

families/carers of diverse cultural and social backgrounds.
1. Proven high-level communication and interpersonal skills, including well developed negotiation and conflict management skills, with

significant experience working in a team environment to achieve positive health outcomes.
1. Proven ability to initiate, implement and complete continuous quality improvement and service development activities.
2. Demonstrated high level leadership skills with capacity to provide leadership in a team environment.
3. Willingness to participate in after-hours Social Work Services (Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday).

Desirable

1. Post-graduate qualifications in clinical education, leadership/management or speciality practice area

Further information Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.

📌 Senior Social Worker (Alice Springs)
🏢 NT Health
📍 Alice Springs