Social Worker - Koropiko Ward, Mental Health Services for Older People Inpatients

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...