Social Work Gem Inpatients and Community

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Northern Health Australia Full time

About Northern Health:


As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home.

Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fast becoming the place to be

The Role:

This role is Permanent Part Time (70 hours a fortnight)


This role requires a Grade 2 Social Worker to provide comprehensive psychosocial assessments, interventions and discharge planning to patients and their families on a Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) unit and in our GEM at home program.


To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Highly developed interpersonal, practical negotiation, conflict resolution and communication skills.
  • Excellent organization skills, yet be flexible, to enable you to meet tight deadlines.
  • Excellent and concise documentation skills.
  • A demonstrated capacity to work as a team player both within the multidisciplinary team and the Acute Social Work team and be an excellent communicator who is comfortable engaging productively with staff at all levels of the health service.
  • Significant experience in undertaking comprehensive psychosocial assessments, intervention, discharge planning of patients within a hospital inpatient setting
  • A good working knowledge of working with seriously ill patients, some of whom have challenging behaviours and cognitive issues.
  • Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.
  • A good working knowledge of and proven ability to access appropriate supports for and work with various sectors (eg. RACF, MAC, ACAS, NDIS, VCAT) to arrange appropriate discharge plans
  • A commitment to selfinitiated continuing professional development.

Next Steps...
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the
'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description or contact:

Applications close 2 January 2023

Why work at the Northern Health?
We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

  • Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program
  • Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
  • An inclusive and culturally safe space
  • State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
  • A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'
  • Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library
For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

  • Work with us Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged._
  • All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid19._

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