Social Worker

Experience life as a civilian Mental Health Social Worker on a secure military base
- Contribute to positive mental health outcomes for Defence Force staff
- Part time permanent role - 0.4FTE with lifestyle friendly hours Monday and Tuesday weekly

**Make an impact at Serco**
You will work with a multidisciplinary team of medical and allied health professionals on site to contribute to positive mental health outcomes for the Australian Defence Force personnel at Enoggera Health Centre. This role is currently Part Time 0.4FTE, with shifts Monday and Tuesday weekly 7:30am - 3:30pm.

As a Mental Health Social Worker, you’ll make a positive impact by:

- Performing intake assessments and risk assessments
- Providing crisis intervention
- Planning case formulation and treatment planning
- Providing programmatic treatment interventions
- Planning care coordination
- Performing mental health screenings
- Conducting group psycho-education

**About ADF Health Services**
In partnership with Bupa, our ADF Health Services team provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia.
This includes providing defence-ready clinical and support staff across 45+ on-base locations, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care.

**About Enoggera Health Centre**
Enoggera Health Centre is located at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane, and provides support to Gallipoli, Victoria, Bulimba, and Damascus Barracks. Established in 1908, this modern military base currently spans 600 hectares with approximately 8000 members. The largest base in South Queensland, it incorporates the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, a major manoeuvre formation, local support facilities and a range of training facilities. The health centre provides primary medical, aviation & underwater medical, surgical outpatient, dental, nursing, physiotherapy, mental health, and pharmaceutical services. This facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The standard operating hours of the centre are generally 0700-1630 Monday - Friday (depending on role requirements and specific craft groups required for weekend shifts).

**Serco is a place for you**
If you are looking to make a meaningful difference and contribute to positive mental health outcomes this position is for you Your patients will be compliant and you will have the time to spend with each individual patient. Shifts are lifestyle friendly in this MH Social Worker role, being Monday to Friday day shifts - no nights or weekends.

To be successful in this role you’ll have the following:

- Current member of the Australian Association Social Workers (AASW) as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
- Minimum of 2 years full-time (or part-time equivalent) Post Graduate Experience in the last 5 years in mental health in a primary health or specialist mental health setting undertaking comprehensive mental health assessment and delivering a range of evidence based 'Focussed Psychological Strategies' as defined under the Medicare Schedule
- Recent participation in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities in accordance with AASW
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (HLTAID009) certification

Please note:

- You must be an Australian Citizen to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role.
- You don’t need to be enlisted in the Defence Force to work as a civilian on-base and your job stays here, even if the Defence personnel you care for are deployed.

**Serco is a place where you can grow**
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer lots of room for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

- Paid CPD leave for permanent employees
- Paid volunteer leave and leave for Reservists
- Free Car Parking on site
- A variety of lifestyle discounts through our Benefits program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more
- Access to Sonder, our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, including immediate mental health and counselling support as well as access to specialist support lines and wellbeing programs for you and your immediate family

Please note:

- Refer a friend or colleague who is a Healthcare Professional to join Serco’s Australian Defence Force Health Services team and receive a Prezzee Voucher if they are successful Conditions apply.

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco’s services span across the areas of justice, migration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility.

In joining us, you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals.

**Are you ready to do important work that really matters?**
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex