Employment Type: Part-time (14.7 hours per week), Permanent.
Classification: Health Professional Level 3 (PN 62482)
Salary: $108,459 - $116,711 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT
Section: VSC Psychosocial Service
Closing Date: 19 May 2025

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

The Psychosocial Support Service is a newly established service that provides trauma-informed information and support for children, young people and their families with gender concerns and variations in sex characteristics (VSC), also known as differences in sex development or intersex variations.

The Unit is committed to working with children, young people and families to provide a high standard of professional treatment and care. This includes protecting the rights of people with a VSC under the Variation in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Act 2023 (VSC Act 2023).

As a Social Worker you will work with a multidisciplinary team, including psychosocial staff, relevant medical specialists, and other members of the care team, to provide individual consultations for clients with variations in sex characteristics. As a social worker you will provide psychosocial assessments and interventions for children, young people and their families with gender concerns and variations in sex characteristics. This may include supporting families to understand a child or young person's treatment options so they can make fully informed decisions about potential interventions. In some cases, the role may extend to supporting a young person to make a decision about treatment, including statutory requirements under the VSC Act 2023. The position will involve significant liaison with peer support agencies, schools, specialist networks, statutory authorities, and other ACT Government bodies.

The Social Worker will report to the Care Coordinator of the VSC Psychosocial Unit. Please note, this reporting line may be subject to change. Professionally, the position holder will be responsible to the Director of Allied Health, Women, Youth and Children (WYC) Division and supported by the discipline Profession Lead.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online via the E-Recruitment system will be accepted.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.