Social Worker G3

6 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Parkville

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: $50 - $60

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 1793

**Are you a current Austin Health employee?**
- Make an impact supporting the lives of patients, their families and carers joining our multidisciplinary team
- Grade 3, full time opportunity (Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week with ADO)
- Heidelberg location, with multiple public transport options and car parking available

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Acute Psychiatric Unit**

Austin Health’s Mental Health Division provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria.

The Acute Psychiatric Unit (APU) is part of the broader Mental Health Division. We are an 18-bed inpatient unit located at the Austin Hospital and part of the North East Mental Health Service. We are committed to promoting the highest level of mental health care to our patients, their families and carers.

**About the role**

As the Social Worker, you will deliver excellence in collaborative clinical practice and patient care. You will provide direct services to patients, their families, carers and support persons, aiming to minimise the impacts of illness and hospitalisation, and enhance social and emotional functioning through targeted discipline specific social work interventions including the mobilisation of services and supports.

As part of the admission process the patient is assessed within the family unit and a treatment plan tailored for the individual is developed. Risk of family violence and other psycho-social risks are discussed and included within this tailored plan. Whilst concurrently addressing the patients’ health issues, the team maintain a recovery focus both during the patient’s admission and ensuring recovery principles are incorporated into discharge planning.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, ideally you’ll bring with you:

- An approved tertiary qualification in Social Work and eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Minimum 7 years’ professional social work experience, preferably in a hospital/health care setting.
- Demonstrated well-developed skills and knowledge in mental health practices, including brief inpatient interventions, discharge planning, consultation, referral, mental state and risk assessment, treatment and collaborative care planning.
- Proven capacity to perform as a clinical social worker role in practice settings; has a sound knowledge of principles of professional practice and adherence to professional ethics.

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

**Work with us**

**interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description**for further details.**

**Application closing date: 17 January 2025

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