Social Worker - Women's and Paediatric's
- Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital – Acute Social Work Team
- Qualified/NZ Registered Social Worker
- The details: Full-time Permanent–80 Hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE) including rostered 1 day in the weekend in
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.
About the Role
Exciting opportunities for qualified practitioner to join the Acute Social Work services and undertake full-time (1.0 FTE) permanent position within Waikato Hospital. This position is to cover the area of Paediatric/Women’s Health, however it may be that the position could cover elsewhere within the hospital. The hours are from 0730-1600; the successful applicant will need to be available for rostered 1 day in the weekend.
If you are interested and have a passion to focus on health equity for Maori and Pacifica population we would
love to hear from you A wide range of education, training and learning opportunities are offered to our allied health staff, for more information click here.
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About the Team/Service
As part of our Health NZ family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Our Social Work team covers the Emergency Department, Critical Care, Medicine, Surgery, Women's Health, Paediatrics, Older Persons & Rehabilitation, Renal, Oncology and Community. Although our team works within a range of health services in hospital and community-based settings throughout the Waikato district, they report professionally to a manager within our Allied Health Service
About you
Our ideal candidate will have experience in service development, case management skills as well as the following attributes:
- Psycho-social assessment and intervention
- Intimate partner violence screening, assessment and intervention
- Child protection and vulnerable adult assessment and intervention
- Individual and family counselling skills
- Therapeutic social work
- A commitment to bicultural practice
- Knowledge of the emotional and social impacts of changing health status.
- Experience in service development
- Ability to navigate access to a wide variety of resources and support services
Future social work service delivery hours may be extended, therefore the successful applicant may need to be available for rostered on-call weekend work
How to Apply
To apply please click “Apply online” or apply via our Waikato Careers website by clicking here.All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal before 11:59 pm on 4 July 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elisa Travailleur at elisa.travailleur@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.