Social Worker

3 months ago

Bendigo, Australia Bendigo Health Full time

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- Support for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- Excellent clinical exposure across a range of specialties

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 1249

**Position Title**:Social Worker - Grade 1 Graduate
**Classification**:YC37
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**: $36.62
**Hours per fortnight**:80 Hours _(includes ADO every 4 weeks)_
**Employment Status**:Fixed Term Full Time - _January 2026_
**Other requirements**:COVID-19 Vaccination (2 doses)

**Closing date**:14/10/2024

The Graduate Program provides an opportunity for newly registered Social Workers to make the transition to professional practice in a structured and supported 12 month program. Each graduate is offered two, six month clinical rotations in two areas of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Service. The program encourages consolidation of mental health skills and knowledge within a holistic multidiscipline framework that also includes lived experience workers.

Graduates are expected to attend a study day once a month facilitated by the Mental Health Professional Development Unit and to complete and submit all the required assessment tasks and hurdle requirements to receive a certificate of completion.

You will:

- Recognise the needs of the individual and plan, implement, document and evaluate social work assessments and treatments for an identified patient group
- Work within a multidisciplinary team and assist in meeting unit/program and organisational objectives to provide high quality, specialist clinical services that focus on consumer recovery
- Actively engage in formal training, regular supervision, reflective practice opportunities, on-the-job learning and development activities within the targeted graduate development program

If you are a dedicated, caring and passionate individual that has recently graduated as a Social Worker and you're looking to grow your career in Mental Health, then we're looking for you
Allied Health Social Work Graduate (SW1, Yr3) fixed term positions. Applicants will complete a rotational program in Mental Health

**Working with Bendigo Health**

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**Your New Division**

The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment area in Victoria stretching from Swan Hill in the north of the state to Gisborne in the south. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Interested?**

We’d love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact **Eve Curtis** on** (03) 5454 7617** for a confidential discussion.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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