Qualified Social Worker Grade 3

* Full Time / Permanent position* Fitzroy location* Leadership opportunity* No after hours or on-call roster* Promote high standards of social work service delivery* Coordinate the operational and service development activities of your allocated team* Provide supervision to staff and students* Coordinate or contribute to allocated/agreed portfolios, projects and research activities* Demonstrate leadership and management skills and provide consultation on complex professional issues within organisation* Provide expert consultation and direction in clinical care and respond to complexity and risk* Bachelor Degree or Qualifying Masters in Social Work* Achieved or working towards a post-graduate Masters of Social Work* In excess of 5 years of experience in a hospital setting is essential* Highly developed leadership and supervision skills* Demonstrated ability to work with complex, high-risk situations* Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain* Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay* Employee Assistance Program* Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities* CBD Location, close to Public Transport* Career development & advancement encouraged* Culture of continuous improvement3. LOCAL WORK ENVIRONMENT Social Work is situated in the directorate of Community Services and reports to the General Manager, Allied Health and Pharmacy. The Social Work Department, is managed by the Chief Social Worker and is comprised of 3 service teams: Cancer and Chronic Illness, Acute Medicine and Sub-Acute.The department staff are governed by the policies and procedures of the health service and additional department specific protocols. Social Workers are formally employed through the Social Work Department and allocated to work areas according to demand. Staff may be required to change their unit allocation, area of work or site in the interest of the most efficient use of staff resources and in order to maximize staff development opportunities. St Vincent's Social Work is formally affiliated with the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne for fieldwork teaching. Academic links also exist for both under graduate and post graduate teaching and education.4. POSITION PURPOSE The Grade 3 Social Worker is required to support the Chief Social Worker and Grade 4 staff to maintain excellence in social work services and promote the work and values of the profession. This position needs to manage and demonstrate leadership in complex assessment, planning and intervention, risk minimisation with demonstrable attention to professional values, skills, knowledge and theory. The position requires leadership within teams and active problem-solving, negotiation and conflict management. This position needs to demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge incorporating Social Work and organizational mission, vision, goals, policies and procedures. Additionally, education, supervisory and research responsibilities are undertaken, as are evaluation and quality improvement activities. This position provides opportunities to develop social work skills and expertise in both acute and sub-acute care through an allocated clinical caseload and education and quality improvement activities are undertaken. This position may be required to work cross campus.St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a Catholic not-for-profit healthcare provider with a reputation for compassionate care and world-leading innovation. Part of the St Vincent’s Health Australia group, we are a leading tertiary teaching hospital providing a comprehensive suite of services including acute medical and surgical services, emergency and critical care, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative and residential care.Operating from 18 sites across greater Melbourne, this includes a major teaching, academic research and tertiary referral centre situated in Fitzroy, a soon to be established Rapid Access Hub at St Vincent’s Hospital on The Park, St George’s Health Service Kew, palliative care at Caritas Christi Hospice, as well as aged care, correctional health, mental health and community centres, pathology collection centres, general practice services and dialysis satellite centres. We continue to be at the forefront of care for Victoria’s most in-need communities.Employing more than 7,000 staff and with over 880 beds in daily use, the core aim of SVHM is to improve the patient experience through better access, superior outcomes and a more efficient and responsive health service.
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