Employment Type: Temporary Full Time up to 30 September 2026
Position Classification: Social Worker Lvl 1/2
Remuneration: 76364 - 108943 - full time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ664961
Location: Randwick
Applications Close: Midnight on 7 June 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Maria Coelho on [email protected]
At the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, every role helps children and young people live their healthiest lives.
As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are unite
There is a great opportunity to join the Social Work Department at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick as a Paediatric Social worker. This is a temporary position until 30 September 2026, with a strong possibility of extension to backfill expected maternity leave. The social worker will be well supported by the paediatric specialist multidisciplinary team as well a highly skilled professional team of social workers. There are excellent opportunities for professional development, training and clinical supervision, and clinical debriefing and support are provided in relation to clinicalwork.
What you'll be doing
The primary focus of the position is to provide a comprehensive social work service to children, young people and their families referred from the relative clinical area. This includes the provision of psychosocial assessments, counselling and advocacy. The service includes individual, family and group work and program development. The social worker is an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team.
Additional Benefits (for eligible employees): Flexible work opportunities, Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits, accrued days off (ADOs), fitness passport, employee assistance program (EAP)
How to Apply:
Click ‘Apply Online’ and submit your application including:
- Eligibility for AASW membership preferably with post graduate experience in social work practice with families and children and/or in health context.
- Demonstrated skills in crisis intervention, assessment and counselling and a commitment to evidence based practice.
- Understanding of the issues facing children and their families when confronted with illness and disability and possessing knowledge of the relevant community support services.
- Demonstrated capacity to build professional and therapeutic relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal and written communication skills
- Capacity to share after hours and weekend on call duties.
- Competent computer skills and ability to adapt to new IT systems.
