Make a real impact in brain injury rehab

Work across home, community & centre settings

Join a passionate, multidisciplinary team

Support clients with brain injuries and families through tailored social work. Collaborate, assess, advocate. Apply now!

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Social Worker Level 3
Remuneration: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour
Hours Per Week: 23
Location: Westmead Hospital

Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) provides high quality healthcare to diverse communities, guided by values of collaboration, respect, and empowerment. Join a team dedicated to better health services for Western Sydney and beyond.

Serves Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Cumberland, and Parramatta LGAs

Offers primary, secondary, and tertiary health care

Supports over a million residents in the Greater Western Region

Committed to innovation and patient centered care

Strong focus on collaboration and respect in service delivery

Empowering teams to make a lasting impact

What you'll be doing
In this role you’ll be supporting individuals with brain injuries and their families through social work services in a multidisciplinary team, working across home, community and centre-based settings.

Providing psychosocial assessment and counselling

Collaborating with allied health professionals

Liaising with external care providers

Maintaining clinical records and reporting

Supervising students and contributing to service planning

How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

Registration: Eligibility for full practicing membership of the Australia Association of Social Work (AASW)

Selection Criteria:

Demonstrated advanced knowledge, skills and experience in social work assessment and intervention, within a specialist rehabilitation or mental health (recovery) setting.

Demonstrated understanding of community based brain injury rehabilitation.

Experience working in strengths-based practice, as well as family and person centred approaches.

Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrated well-developed time management skills with excellent written and verbal communication, including report writing skills.

Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stake holders throughout all organisational levels.

Ability to initiate, lead, complete and implement quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.

Current Unrestricted NSW Driver’s Licence

Requisition ID: REQ603580
Applications Close: 14 September 2025

Need more information?

Discover more about the application process.

Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.

Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.

For inquiries about the role, contact Dr Rebecca Martens on 02 8890 7941 or [email protected].

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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