Community Mental Health Social Worker

See more about the role below, including the responsibilities and skills we are looking for.

Community Mental Health Social Worker

Footscray, Australia

Reference: 6825425

Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

- Part-Time role up to 0.8 FTE, Fixed term role till June 2027

- Based in Footscray

- Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation

- Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
This Social Work position offers a dynamic opportunity to provide short-term casework, psychosocial assessment, and care planning within an inter-professional team. You will address issues such as housing, financial hardship, NDIS access, and advocacy, while delivering high-quality, client-centered care. The role also involves secondary consultation, capacity-building, and health promotion, all within a trauma-informed, recovery-oriented framework.

Please refer to the Position Description for more details.

Key responsibilities include:

- Lead the West Mental Health and Wellbeing Social Work service, ensuring ethical, evidence-based, client-centred casework.

- Provide short-term casework, assessment, and care planning.

- Address psychosocial issues such as housing, income support, and NDIS/My Aged Care access.

- Deliver advocacy, secondary consultation, and capacity-building activities within a multidisciplinary team.

- Engage in reflective practice, supervision, and professional development.

What cohealth offers:

- Exciting Parental leave benefits

- cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service

- Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well

- Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs

- We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

- A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here

- Tertiary qualification in Social Work and eligibility for AASW membership

- Proven experience in short-term casework, psychosocial assessment, and care planning for clients with complex needs

- Ability to navigate multidisciplinary settings and provide advocacy and service coordination

- Experience working with marginalized groups, including CALD, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and refugee communities

- Victorian Driver's License

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6825425.

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close 14 November 2025 AT 10PM If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Claire Conlon Claire.Conlon@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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