Social Worker

**Role Title**: Social Worker - Community Mental Health
- **Role Type**:**Permanent Full-time
- **Role Grade**:**Social Work Level 1/2
- **Department and Location**: Community Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst
- **Salary**: $73,427 - $104,752 + Super + Salary Packaging

**Better and fairer care. Always.**
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

**About the Role**:

- Permanent, full
- time providing mental health case management and comprehensive social work services, including psychosocial assessments and risk evaluation, to patients, families, and carers in our community mental health service.
- Develop and implement individualised treatment and care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Promotion of and commitment to the implementation of quality improvement activities related to the care and treatment of mental health consumers and their carers.
- Lead safe discharge planning, coordinating referrals to community services and accommodation placements.
- Liaise with and develop partnerships alongside relevant government and NGO agencies; provide consultation and support; and coordinate with internal and external services.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation; actively participate in multidisciplinary team activities; and perform administrative tasks to support these goals.

**About You**:

- Degree in Social Work and eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Experience in community mental health, with confidence in acute and triage settings, risk assessment, and crisis intervention.
- Committed to holistic, person-centred practice that includes families and carers as part of the care team.
- A natural collaborator who builds strong, purposeful partnerships across services to deliver seamless, compassionate wraparound support for complex caseloads
- You're highly organised, with excellent communication skills and confidence using electronic medical records to manage complex caseloads.

**Why Work at St Vincent's?**
- Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
- Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
- Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
- Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free
- Financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

**About the Hospital**:
In this role, you will be based at St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst.
- A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
- Surrounded by great cafes, galleries, and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
- A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
- Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
- Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

**Pre-employment Checks**:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

**Equal Opportunity**:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

**How to Apply**:
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role and address each of the criteria.