Core Social Worker, Community Midwifery - Acute Allied Health

Permanent role, part time 0.4FTE

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

An exciting opportunity exists for a Social Worker to provide social work intervention and support to the Surgical/Women’s Health/Paediatric’s Social Work Team at Middlemore Hospital. Experience in Child Protection social work would be an advantage. This position sits with the community midwifery social work team.

Your understanding of health and disability issues together with sound counselling and a robust understanding of frontline trauma intervention skills, will enable you to work with patients and their families in a therapeutic and holistic way.

A commitment to working with other disciplines within a multidisciplinary team environment, excellent understanding of and commitment to the principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi, and an understanding of Tikanga Maaori or a Pacific Island language would be an advantage.

As a Social Worker to this team, you can look forward to working in a challenging multi-disciplinary environment where you will be expected to contribute to the development of bi-cultural Social Work practice.

Essential:

• Recognised Social Work Qualification (Minimum qualification level B) and Registration
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
• Sound knowledge and skills in child protection and women’s health social work and knowledge of the relevant health care legislation
• Awareness/knowledge of our community’s needs
• Able to provide strength based, culturally appropriate support and interventions
• Full, clean driver’s licence

What's in it for you?

• Fantastic culture and team environment
• Annual practicing certificate is refunded for every additional year of service
• Discounted services as part of our work perks
• Train stops right outside our front door!

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.

How to Apply

All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 05 August 2026. To apply please click “apply now.” To review the position description, please click here.

If you have further questions, please contact Amy on amy.lin@tewhatuora.govt.nz

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

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.