Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District
Location: Ratonga Rua O Porirua Campus (Porirua)
Service: Wellington Community Forensic Youth Team
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: As per MECA
Korero mo te turanga - About the role
The Regional Youth Forensic Community Mental Health Team is looking for an experienced Social Worker that provides safe and clinically effective patient/client assessments and intervention within a forensic mental health setting.
You will work alongside your team to provide effective, quality social work services to clients within the Youth Forensic Service and provide consultation/liaison with other District mental health services, NGO providers and patients' family and whanau. You will actively participate in the multidisciplinary team.
Mo to matou ropu - About our team
Te Korowai Whariki (TKW) is an operational group of regional and national services that has staff based in various locations in the Central Region, from Gisborne to Wanganui through to Wellington.
Te Korowai Whariki services are both inpatient and community-based, consisting primarily of two arms - Central Regional Services and the Intellectual Disability (ID) Services. The regional arm includes the Central Regional Forensic Mental Health Service, Youth Forensic Service and Rehabilitation and Extended Care inpatient Service.
This position is located in the regional arm of Te Korowai-Whariki which includes the Central Regional Forensic Mental Health Service. The Forensic Mental Health Service operates at the interface between Mental Health Services and the Justice System and works within the following settings - prisons, courts, community, and inpatient.
The Service offers assessment and rehabilitation services to defendants charged with criminal offences and offenders who have psychiatric illness.
Mou - About you
We are looking for a social worker with at least 2-5 years of clinical experience applicable to this role. The ability to work as part of a team is essential to this role. The social worker role would include:
Attending Youth Court and providing mental health liaison to Youth Court Stakeholders
Completing mental health and substance use screening assessments on youth who appear in the Youth Court
Providing the Court with recommendations from screening assessments, including further assessment reports where appropriate
Role modeling and providing sound clinical and cultural considerations in the multidisciplinary team process
Assisting the client and his/her family/whanau to achieve optimal health, well-being and safety through provision of appropriate assessment, risk management, referrals and education
Working closely with community agencies to achieve the outcomes agreed by the multidisciplinary team process
E pa ana ki a tatou - About us
Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.
Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are a pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Maori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
To find out more about us click on the following links: Capital and Coast Hutt Valley Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service.
Me pehea te tuku tono - How to apply
Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email ****** and indicate the job title and vacancy number (AH038-23) in the subject line.
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai. By joining together we will succeed.
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