Social Worker - Hamilton City
At our Hamilton City site, we work alongside our community partners to bring about positive outcomes for our children, young people and their whānau.
Summary about this job
Child Welfare, Youth & Family Services
Company: Oranga Tamariki
Location: Waikato
Work type: Full Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +64-3-162-8652
Fax: +64-9-479-4563
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Detail information about job Social Worker - Hamilton City. Terms and conditions vacancy
Job ID: 24938
- Are you a qualified social worker seeking a new challenge?
- Focus on the wellbeing of children and young people in NZ
- Seeking a front-line Social Work opportunity in a supportive team
- Permanent position Hamilton City
At our Hamilton City site, we work alongside our community partners to bring about positive outcomes for our children, young people and their whānau. We have an opportunity for a Social Worker to join our care and protection team.
Our Care and Protection Social Workers at Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children manage a variety of tasks using the latest assessment frameworks; you will work hard to get quality outcomes for mokopuna and whānau.
A big part of your day will be working with children and young people and ensuring their voices are heard, completing assessments, reports and formal Family Court documents, creating plans, completing referrals, participating in family group conferences and partnering with other agencies, stakeholders and the community to get the best outcomes.
Your ability to overcome barriers and skill to drive positive outcomes will put you in good stead for this challenging and hugely rewarding role.
In return we can offer you:
- a salary between $46,867 - $79,015 (commensurate with skills and experience)
- a challenging and rewarding career
- on-going training and regular supervision
- commitment to the highest standards of strengths-based social work.
Preference is given to those who have:
- ability to quickly build rapport with tamariki and rangitahi
- great written and verbal communication skills (you will need to write court reports)
- resilient, motivated and driven character
- flexibility to work after hours duty roster
- good computer navigation and typing skills
- full clean valid driver's licence without conditions.
You must have a Social Work Qualification recognised by the New Zealand Social Work Registration Board (SWRB) or full registration with SWRB.
If you think you have what it takes, and are totally committed to doing what's right for children and young people, and helping them to grow up safe and strong, then we'd love to hear from you.
How to apply:
Internal Oranga Tamariki Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.
All external applicants including Ministry of Social Development employees please apply through the apply button and upload your CV and cover letter to our applicant tracking system. Please note all applications must be made online
For further information please contact Rachel Bromley on [email protected] or Carol on [email protected]
Applications close: 26th July 2018
Position Description
http://www.msd.govt.nz/hr/documents/position-descriptions/mvcot/social-worker-pd.pdf