Child and Family Wellbeing Local Hub Social Worker

6 months ago

Melton, Australia Western Health Full time

Location: Western Region | Melton

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Western Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 52533

The Child and Family Wellbeing Hubs are being developed in response to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Mental Health. The Brimbank Melton Hub is a partnership by IPC Health, Western Health, and the Royal Children’s Hospital.

The Hub aims to improve access to integrated and community-based services for children aged 0-11 years who are experiencing developmental, emotional, relational and behavioural challenges, and their families. The hubs will be designed in partnership with the community and people with lived experience, delivering a range of paediatric health, mental health, allied health and family services.

As part of Western Health’s paediatric allied health team based in the Brimbank Melton, the Child and Family Wellbeing Hubs is seeking a Grade 2 Social Worker for this 0.8 EFT position.

To be Successful in this Role you:

- will have strong assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment skills
- will have experience working in a paediatric setting
- will demonstrate a collaborative team approach to achieving positive outcomes.
- will have good communication skills and an ability to engage with children and families

**About Us**

Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.

Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:

- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Work-life balance

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.

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