- Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital – Acute Social Work Team
- Qualified/ NZ Registered Social Worker
- The details: Full-time Permanent - 64 Hours per fortnight (0.8 FTE)
About the Role
Exciting opportunities for qualified practitioner to join the Acute Social Work services and undertake full-time (0.8 FTE) permanent position within Waikato Hospital. This position is in Emergency Department, which is part of our Critical Care team.
The hours are working Tuesday – Friday 2.30 pm – 11.00 pm.
If you are interested in working in a fast-paced environment 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
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
To apply you will need the following skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:
- Qualified, and at least 3 years’ experience as social worker
- Registered as a social worker with the NZ Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB)
- Have a current annual practising certificate
- Hold a current drivers licence
And you will need the following competencies:
- Psycho-social assessment and intervention
- Intimate partner violence screening, assessment and intervention
- Child protection and vulnerable adult assessment and intervention
- Ability to navigate access to a wide variety of resources and support services
- A commitment to bicultural practice
- knowledge of the emotional and social impacts of changing health status
- Crisis management and intervention skills
- Case management skills
- Advocacy skills
How to Apply
All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal before 11:59 pm on 3rd August 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elisa Travailleur at [email protected].
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.
