PUBLIC HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORKERS (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.

 

(No. IRC 5763 of 2003)

 

 

REVIEWED AWARD

 

1.          Delete subclause (ii) of clause 1, Definitions, of the award published 12 May 2000 (315 I.G. 731) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(ii)        “Union” means the Health Services Union.

 

2.          Delete subclause (x), of clause 1, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(x)        Social Worker Grade 2 shall mean:

 

(a)        a Social Worker who is responsible for a Team or Department with the equivalent of 5 full-time positions.  Such positions must be providing a clinical input eg: Welfare Officer (Social).

 

(b)       Deputy Social Worker-in-Charge to a Social Worker Grade 3.

 

Social Worker Grade 3 shall mean:

 

(a)        a Social Worker who is responsible for a Team or Department with the equivalent of 6 - 14 full-time positions.  Such positions must be providing a clinical input eg: Welfare Officer (Social).

 

(b)       Deputy Social Worker-in-Charge to a Social Worker Grade 4.

 

Social Worker Grade 4 shall mean:

 

(a)        Social Workers appointed to the position of Director of Social Work Services at the following hospitals:

 

The Children's Hospital

Hornsby Hospital

St Vincent's Hospital

Wollongong Hospital

St George Hospital

Gosford Hospital

Prince Henry Hospital

Royal Newcastle Hospital

 

(b)       Social Workers appointed to the position of Director of Social Work Services at those hospitals where there is the equivalent of 15 to 29 full-time positions.  Such positions must be providing a clinical input eg: Welfare Officer (Social).

 

(c)        Deputy Social Worker-in-Charge to a Social Worker Grade 5.

 

Social Worker Grade 5 shall mean:

 

(a)        a Social Worker appointed to the position of  Director of Social Work Services at the following hospitals:

 

Westmead Hospital

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Royal North Shore Hospital

Prince of Wales Hospital

 

(b)       Social Workers appointed to the position of Director of Social Work Services at a hospital where there is the equivalent of 30 or more full-time positions.  Such positions must be providing a clinical input eg: Welfare Officer (Social).

 

6.          Delete the word "Association" occurring in clause 6, No Extra Claims, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Union

 

7.          Delete the word "Association" wherever occurring in clause 7, Grading Committee, and insert in lieu thereof the following word "Union".

 

8.          The changes made to the award pursuant to the Award Review pursuant to section 19(6) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of Awards made by the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G. 359) and take effect on 23 March 2004.

 

This award remains in force until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made already having expired.

 

 

 

J. P. GRAYSON  D.P.

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.