Lead Social Worker- Part Time

7 months ago

Sydney, Australia St Vincent's Health Australia Full time

Job Description:
Join an Organisation where we Serve Something Greater; See Something Greater; and Strive for Something Greater

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Part Time Social Worker to join a supportive and dynamic team at the Mater Hospital
- North Sydney.

About the Role:
Permanent Part Time Contract
- 0.6FTE (22.8hours/week).

Days and hours of work negotiable. Ability to flex up beyond contracted hours if necessary.

Areas of work include oncology, palliative care, renal, ICU, general medicine, cardiac, acute orthopaedics. Opportunity for group based work and ongoing Professional Development

About You:
This is by way of:
- Participating as a member of the multidisciplinary team- Carrying out the responsibilities of the position in a manner consistent with the mission of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.- Facilitating person centred care and provide a continuity of psychosocial assessment, risk-management, support, counselling to inpatients at the Mater Hospital.- Facilitating complex care and discharge planning and guiding psychosocial interventions- Ensuring a high level of social work practice is maintained consistent with professional standards as defined by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)- Committing to ongoing professional development and teaching through research, education and mentoring junior staff and social work students- Participating in strategic planning and quality improvement activities within the Allied Health Department- Participating in meetings of AASW Special Interest Groups and other groups of relevance to the delivery of a high quality Social Work Service to patients at the Mater- Supervising other Social Work team members

Essential Criteria- Degree in Social Work from an accredited course providing eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) with evidence of clinical experience in a hospital or health related field as a practicing Social Worker.- Substantial post-graduate private or public hospital experience

Other Requirements- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the core values of The Mater mission- Demonstrated advanced clinical reasoning, experience and practical skills to provide comprehensive social work service to patients, families and carers in an acute hospital environment.- Advanced practice skills, knowledge and experience in adjustment to acute and chronic illness, conducting complex psychosocial assessments, case-management, crisis intervention, strengths
- based and solution-focused counselling and interventions, end-of-life care and bereavement counselling and skills, group work, advocacy an safe care-planning- Demonstrated experience and ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary and social work teams in a high pressured, specialised environment with competing demands and prioritise where necessary- Well-developed skills in written and verbal communication, computer literacy, time management, prioritisation, liaison and negotiation- Ability to undertake and contribute to projects and lead quality improvement and education activities with commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge base.- Demonstrated experience in provision of clinical supervision, mentoring and development of level1/2 staff and students- Demonstrated commitment to continuing education

Desirable requirements:
- Post-graduate private or public hospital experience at least five years- Extensive experience in counselling of patients and their carers in palliative care- Computer literacy- Commitment to quality improvement- Ability to be flexible and dynamic with work hours

Why work for the Mater

You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.- Join the St Vincent’s Health Australia Group, and work for a truly values based organisation, who operate across VIC, NSW and QLD- Salary packaging available (pay less tax and increase your take home pay)- Access to discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport- Option to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good- A great work life balance with options to purchase additional leave- Receive a staff discount on hospital admissions to any SVHA Private Hospital- Support in your professional development and a reward and recognition program- Cover Letter- Resume

We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.

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**Requirements**:
Criminal record and/or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role.

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