Social Worker
Wellington
Location:Wellington RegionalHospital - Mein StContract:Permanent Part Time,24 hours per week (0.6FTE)Health NewZealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti oWaitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders.
Through integrationand collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership,equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence. About the Role We at Ngā Tai Oranga, The Healing Tides are a smallmulti-disciplinary team based in Newtown, Wellington.
The role is diverse as itinvolves providing therapies, supervision and consultations, and teachingmental health clinicians about tāngata whaiora with severe distress intolerance,relationship and emotional dysregulation that impacts on their life (across thelifespan) and their significant others and whānau.
Thepeople we work with are often conceptualised as having complex PTSD and/orborderline personality disorder. We provide consultation, supervisionand advice to mental health service teams. We offer teaching on emotionregulation skills, formulation, and understanding risk.
We emphasiseperson-centred compassionate formulations. We have contracts with otherdistricts and provide regular consultations and teaching to these regions. Thisis an opportunity to be part of our dialecticalbehavioural therapy (DBT) programme as a therapist.
About theTeam/Service/ Location Weare multi-disciplinary team of eight clinicians. We are passionate aboutworking with tāngata whaiora who have significant difficultieswith emotion regulation, self-identity and relational capacities. Often this group of people are marginalised, andwe advocate for compassion, robust formulations, best practice and evidenceinformed treatments.Our team works well together because we apply theskills we teach in therapy to ourselves.
Experience in evidence-based therapies for treating thisgroup of tāngata whaiora including experience in clinically indicated risktaking.While we are ideally seeking anexperienced clinician because of the complex presentations we work with, wewould consider a person passionate about our work who is less experienced.
Wewould provide training opportunities, support and supervision to ensure theplacement is successful. We welcome applications from people ofall gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability,religions, including applicants withlived experience of mental distressWorking at HealthNew Zealand Health NewZealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'.
We're dedicated toensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Our people are at the heart ofeverything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers andhonouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
We embrace diversityand welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages,ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverseand inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service ourcommunity.
We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus onMāori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community. How to Apply To applyplease click 'apply now.' All applications must be submitted through ouronline careers' portal by 17 May 2026.If you have any questions aboutthe role, please email Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nzand indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.
Through integrationand collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership,equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence. About the Role We at Ngā Tai Oranga, The Healing Tides are a smallmulti-disciplinary team based in Newtown, Wellington.
The role is diverse as itinvolves providing therapies, supervision and consultations, and teachingmental health clinicians about tāngata whaiora with severe distress intolerance,relationship and emotional dysregulation that impacts on their life (across thelifespan) and their significant others and whānau.
Thepeople we work with are often conceptualised as having complex PTSD and/orborderline personality disorder. We provide consultation, supervisionand advice to mental health service teams. We offer teaching on emotionregulation skills, formulation, and understanding risk.
We emphasiseperson-centred compassionate formulations. We have contracts with otherdistricts and provide regular consultations and teaching to these regions. Thisis an opportunity to be part of our dialecticalbehavioural therapy (DBT) programme as a therapist.
About theTeam/Service/ Location Weare multi-disciplinary team of eight clinicians. We are passionate aboutworking with tāngata whaiora who have significant difficultieswith emotion regulation, self-identity and relational capacities. Often this group of people are marginalised, andwe advocate for compassion, robust formulations, best practice and evidenceinformed treatments.Our team works well together because we apply theskills we teach in therapy to ourselves.
We promote open communication and carefor each other, because we know that in order to provide effective therapies weneed to feel well supported. The team leader meets regularly with staff toprovide support and guidance. We often workin pairs in our teaching and consultations.AboutyouA Mental health professional with current annual practicing certificate - psychologist, social worker, registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or counsellor.We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person tojoin our team.
We are looking for someone with excellent communicationskills, who enjoys being part of a team and has compassionate understanding ofthe people we work with. The idealcandidate will have: 1. Knowledge, understanding andexperience working with, treating, assessing and formulating tāngata whaiora with severe distressintolerance, relationship and emotional dysregulationand, 2.Experience in evidence-based therapies for treating thisgroup of tāngata whaiora including experience in clinically indicated risktaking.While we are ideally seeking anexperienced clinician because of the complex presentations we work with, wewould consider a person passionate about our work who is less experienced.
Wewould provide training opportunities, support and supervision to ensure theplacement is successful. We welcome applications from people ofall gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability,religions, including applicants withlived experience of mental distressWorking at HealthNew Zealand Health NewZealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'.
We're dedicated toensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Our people are at the heart ofeverything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers andhonouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
We embrace diversityand welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages,ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverseand inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service ourcommunity.
We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus onMāori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community. How to Apply To applyplease click 'apply now.' All applications must be submitted through ouronline careers' portal by 17 May 2026.If you have any questions aboutthe role, please email Marianne.Lovgren@tewhatuora.govt.nzand indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.
We willreview applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process,before the closing date of this advertisement.
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