Social Worker

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia The Royal Women's Hospital Full time

Location:
Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time

Organisation:
The Royal Women's Hospital

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Health and Allied Health

Reference: 24954

Fixed Term, Grade 2 Foetal Medicine Unit Social Worker Position

Full Time - 38 Hours

The Royal Women's Hospital


The Royal Women's Hospital is Australia's first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages.

To join the Women's is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.


Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women's health.


Department Specific Overview


As part of the Social Model of Health Division, Social Work at The Women's aims to improve the psychosocial health and well-being of women and babies attending The Women's.

Social Work embraces a view of women's health that is holistic and considers women's social, physical, emotional and cultural wellbeing.


Our Social Workers offer support to women through their maternity, neonatal, gynecological and oncology experiences and provide information, counselling, support and advocacy for women in response to health and social needs.


Your contribution


Social Workers provide clinical services to women attending the Women's as well as contributing to program and policy development, research and the promotion and evaluation of services.

The Grade 2 Social Worker will also be required to supervise Grade 1 Social Work staff and Social Work students.


Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Provide a high quality evidence-based social work service to the patients of the Women's, including psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short-term counselling, bereavement care, advocacy, community liaison and referral, case management and discharge planning.
  • Ensure prompt assessment of newly referred patients
  • Work closely with the multidisciplinary team involved in the care of women and their families
  • Possess an understanding of relevant legislation and practice frameworks relating to family violence practice, including but not limited to the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS), Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM)
  • Participate in the weekend/public holiday oncall roster

About you
To be successful within this role you will need to have:

  • Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work as well as meeting eligibility requirements for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
  • The ability to demonstrate a theoretical understanding and an intersectional approach to your clinical practice in relation to working with victim/survivors of family violence and sexual assault and knowledge of working with complex trauma and the child protection system
  • Experience and knowledge in psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, shortterm counselling, bereavement care, advocacy, community liaison and referral, case management and discharge planning
  • The ability to demonstrate ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and ability to establish and maintain functional networks with a wide variety of health personnel and with other service providers
  • Capacity to work effectively in a changing organisational environment

Our offering


When you join the Women's you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women.

You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the_ exceptional _in your everyday.

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

The Women's is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.


Ready to make the move?

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement


Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.


Influenza Vaccination Requirement


In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care.

Evidence of vaccination is required.


As this role fits into category A or B of the departments risk ratings, applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against influenza.

Evidenc

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