Grade 1 Social Worker

4 weeks ago

Dandenong, Australia Monash Health Full time

Job Requisition ID: 2433- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Dandenong, VIC, AU, 3175- Employment Type: Full Time- Posting Date: 24 Sep 2024

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos**:monashhealth.org/careers**.

**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful**

**Our Journey**
The Social Work Service at Monash Health assists patients and families with psychosocial support and advocacy through assessment, counselling, information provision, access to community resources, and discharge planning. Social Workers function as members of the multidisciplinary team and have a pivotal role where social complexity exists. The Social Work Service operating hours are standard business hours Monday to Friday. A weekend service is provided by roster at Casey, Clayton, Dandenong and Victorian Heart Hospital sites and an on-call service is also provided to the acute sites.
The Social Work Department is looking for Grade 1 Social Worker to join our growing team at Monash Health, based at Dandenong Hospital, working on the acute wards. This role is a permanent, full-time on-going role. You will have the opportunity to join a dynamic social work and multi-disciplinary team where you will have a pivotal role in contributing to a positive team culture.

**A Day in the Life as a Grade 1 Social Worker**

You will have consolidated psychosocial assessment and planning skills and use evidence to inform practice to enable you to carry a clinical caseload. A caseload will be carried in designated areas, maintaining clinical expertise.
Having a sound understanding, and working knowledge of the range of the service systems including Family Violence, Child Protection, My Aged Care, Transition Care Program, and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Mental Health and the recovery model is essential, to ensure we provide high quality, evidence based social work service to all patients and families at Monash Health. It will also be expected that you will have responsibilities and actively participate in quality and research activities. You will work in accordance with and be professionally accountable to the standards of the AASW and Social Work Credentialing and Scope of Practice, Supervision, Code of Ethics and Practice Standards.
To see first-hand what our team of Social Workers think about working at Monash Health, please take a look at the following short video:
**About You**

You will be provided with an opportunity to be challenged plus demonstrate your skills including:

- Providing a speciality clinical service
- Opportunities to develop your leadership skill clinical responsibilities
- Opportunities to participate and develop project and research work
- Specialised skill in complex psychosocial assessments which you will continue to develop with a clinical caseload

You will be a member of a dynamic and supportive Social Work and Allied Health team working in a collaborative model of care across Monash Health. The position works closely with the internal and external stakeholders to provide care founded on current evidence-based practice for patients accessing care through the inpatient and community based setting. You will have demonstrated experience as a social worker who is able to work collaboratively with the broader multidisciplinary team and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

**What you need**:

- Bachelor of Social Work or Masters Social Work Qualifying OR Master of Social Work, OR equivalent as assessed and approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- A current Victorian Driver’s Licence

**In Return**:

- A supportive and dynamic team environment.
- Opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team of Clinicians
- Provision of supervision in line with AASW standards
- Access to profession specific, relevant health and welfare education and encourages participation in quality and research activities.

**SW Gr 1 Position Description can be **found here**

**Role Statement can be **found here**

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

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