Social Worker Health Professional Level 1/2
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About the role
Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 6 months with possibility of extension and or permanency
Classification: Health Professional Level 1, Health Professional Level 2 (PN LP6930)
Health Professional Level 1 Salary: $80,861 - $97,932 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Health Professional Level 2 Salary: $91,028 - $108,691 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: North Canberra Hospital, Bruce
Section: Allied Health, Palliative Care & Ambulatory Care
Closing Date: 23 October 2026
Make a Difference When It Matters Most – Join Our Social Work Team
We’re looking for passionate and skilled Early Career Social Workers to join our North Canberra Hospital team on a contract basis. Whether you're working in the Commonwealth, State or Territory Government sector or in the not for profit or community sector, this is an opportunity to be part of a dedicated social work team and to contribute meaningfully in a dynamic, supportive environment
Why this Role Might Be Right For You
• | You thrive in fast-paced settings and want to be there for people during life’s most critical moments, |
• | You bring relevant experience working across and within complex systems be they hospitals, families, aged care, disability, health and mental health, social services, child protection or family violence. |
• | You value flexibility, collaboration, and purpose-driven work with a commitment to supporting vulnerable people, |
• | You’re an excellent communicator, solutions focused, kind and respectful with a passion for advocacy and social justice. |
What can we offer you:
• | A work environment that supports you to make the most of living in Canberra - the 2025 Oxford Economics best city in the world for quality of life. |
• | We are renowned for strong community connections and have excellent working relationships with Canberra’s tertiary institutions, government and non-government agencies. |
• | You'll have all the benefits of working for Canberra’s person centred, innovative, high performing public health system including access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave. |
• | Recognition of your experience and service with portability of leave balances to and from Commonwealth, State and Territory government departments across Australia (as per the relevant EAs) |
• | Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions |
• | Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions |
About the role:
As an early career Social Worker at NCH, you will:
• | Make a unique contribution to the hospital system by providing services to meet the multidimensional needs of patients and their families/ cares including clinical assessments, patient education, therapeutic interventions, advocacy and service coordination. |
• | Respond to presentations involving family violence, homelessness, child protection, mental health, bereavement, socio legal issues and ethical decision making, carer stress, trauma and cultural complexity. |
• | Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, timely, and compassionate care. |
• | Contribute to student supervision, service improvement, and quality initiatives. |
• | Develop culturally responsive and inclusive interventions. |
For more information regarding the position duties click here:
Health Professional Level 1: Position Description.
Health Professional Level 2: Position Description.
ABOUT YOU
You're a new graduate looking for the right place to start your career or an early career passionate and proactive clinician who thrives in collaborative settings and is committed to continuous learning and service excellence.
You may also be:
• | a mid – career professional seeing a new challenge or to be embedded in a dedicated social work team |
• | A passionate advocate for social justice, self-determination and person-centred care. |
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
You’ll bring:
Mandatory
• | Relevant tertiary qualifications in social work and a minimum of 1 year experience working professionally in Social Work for HP2. (NO experience required for HP1 applicants). |
• | Professional membership or eligibility for professional membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) |
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