Social Worker

Job Description:

Role title: Social Worker - Domestic and Family Violence

Role type: Permanent, full time

Role grade: Social Worker, Level 3 (Year 1-2)

Department and location: Social Work, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney

Salary: $121,568.00 - $125,507.00 + Super + Salary Packaging

Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Provide specialist trauma-informed social work support to adults experiencing violence, abuse and neglect, promoting safety, recovery and improved health outcomes through evidence-based practice

• Deliver comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments, crisis intervention, therapeutic counselling, safety planning, advocacy and care coordination for people impacted by domestic and family violence

• Provide expert consultation, education and capacity building to clinical teams across St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, strengthening responses to violence, abuse and neglect in accordance with policy, legislation and best practice

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to coordinate care, support safe discharge planning and promote continuity of care across inpatient, outpatient and community settings

• Contribute to the advancement of social work practice through clinical supervision, education, research, quality improvement initiatives and participation in broader departmental activities

About you

• Hold a degree in Social Work and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), with a minimum of 3 years’ demonstrated clinical experience in Domestic and Family Violence

• Demonstrated experience providing trauma and violence-informed therapeutic counselling, psychosocial and risk assessments, safety planning, advocacy, psychoeducation and report writing for people experiencing domestic and family violence

• Demonstrated ability to provide high-level Violence, Abuse and Neglect consultation and build effective relationships with multidisciplinary clinical teams across a complex health service environment

• Ability to lead and contribute to research, quality improvement, projects and education initiatives, including evaluation and reporting of outcomes, with experience providing clinical supervision to students and staff

• Willingness to participate in the after-hours on-call crisis social work service as required

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income

• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements

• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes

• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives

• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre

• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care

• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships

• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 21st August 2026. Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert. 

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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