Part time 0.5FTE, fixed term until October 2027
Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines
Do you have experience working with Older People and mental health? We have a wonderful opportunity for a Social Worker.
We have an exciting role for a registered Social Worker to join our professional and multi-disciplinary team based at Middlemore Hospital, Ward 22 Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) - Inpatients. MHSOP offers a fully integrated community and inpatient mental health service for older people (65 years +). These patients face functional disorders, dementia with behavioural and psychological symptoms and people under the age of 65 years of age, if they have an age-related disorder, e.g. early onset dementia.
In this role, you will provide acute assessment and management of this service user group and assist in enabling a successful return to the service users home with family/whanau or admission to residential care.
You will be required to con...