Requisition ID: REQ705109 Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until August 2027 . Temporary roles are available to visa holders, with contracts issued in accordance with visa conditions. Visa holders will be considered where no suitable Australian citizen or permanent resident is identified.

Remuneration: $61.31 - $63.29 per hour+ 12% Superannuation + Salary Packaging Location: Liverpool Hospital Applications close: 15/11/26 Contact: Simone Hallett - Deputy Head of Department, Social Work on [email protected]

With your skills and experience, you can contribute to the millions of ways we're enriching health, and develop your career as part of the largest health organisation in Australia.

Achieve Something Great

Join the Women and Child Health Social Work Team at Liverpool Hospital as a dedicated and compassionate Senior Social Worker and make a meaningful difference to the lives of women, children, and families.

- Deliver compassionate, high-quality social work services in a dynamic and fast-paced clinical workplace.
- Support patients and their families as they navigate complex and acute psychosocial health challenges.
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, partnering with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals.
- Promote holistic, patient-centred care that enhances wellbeing and strengthens outcomes.
- Grow your professional practice through ongoing professional development, supervision, and participation in quality improvement activities.

Are You the Right Fit?

We're looking for an experienced and motivated Social Worker who is committed to delivering high-quality,



patient-centred care within a multidisciplinary health environment.

- Hold a recognised Social Work degree that provides eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), along with extensive postgraduate experience working in women and child health, including providing psychosocial care and interventions to women and children with complex psychosocial needs and identified safety concerns.
- Demonstrate experience in the provision of clinical supervision and expert advice/consultation to a social work service.
- Demonstrate experience in prioritising a challenging and demanding workload, managing stressful situations, and applying advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel or critical nature.
- Demonstrate experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating quality improvement activities involving the application of evidence-based practice within social work.
- Have strong communication and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise workload, manage challenging or high-pressure situations, and work effectively both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.




- Be willing to participate in an on-call roster.

Selection Criteria

- A Social Work degree which provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- Please describe your post-graduate experience working as a Social Worker in woman and child health, including your experience supporting women and children experiencing illness, trauma or high risk pregnancies and assessing and providing interventions when safety concerns are identified
- Please provide an example of your experience providing clinical supervision and expert advice or consultation to social workers, including how you support high-quality and evidence-based practice.
- Please describe a situation where you managed a challenging or high-pressur workload involving complex or critical circumstances. How did you prioritise competing demands, apply advanced professional judgement, communicate effectively, and work independently and/or collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team?
- Please provide an example of a quality improvement initiative you have planned, implemented and/or evaluated within social work. How did you apply evidence-based practice, contribute to improved outcomes, and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative?

Diversity, Culture & Inclusion

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to accessibility and a supportive recruitment experience. If you require adjustments or assistance during the application process, please contact [email protected]

We value the diverse backgrounds, experiences,

📌 Social Worker (Liverpool)
🏢 South Western Sydney Local Health District
📍 Liverpool