Social Worker - Acute - Medical

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora
Hamilton, Waikato
Full time
1 day ago

  • 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,


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

All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal before 11:59 pm on 29 August 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.

Job details

Job Reference:
WAI29469

Location:
North Island - Waikato - Hamilton


Job type:
Permanent Full time

Expertise:
Clinical - Allied Health - Social Worker


Closes:
29-Aug-2025
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