Social Worker Grade 2

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 65469

**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

**About the Role**

We are presently looking for an experienced Grade 2 Social Worker for a permanent, full-time role. The Monash at Home, Aged and Rehabilitation Service is based at Kingston Centre in Cheltenham and at Cranbourne.The successful applicant will be expected to work at either site, or work across both sites.

**About Us**

The Monash at Home - Aged and Rehabilitation Care service, previously GEM at Home, launched in December 2020 and is a fundamental part of the broader Aged and Rehabilitation Division, providing safe and high-quality home-based subacute level care for individuals with complex medical, functional, and often cognitive issues, who require comprehensive, medically led multidisciplinary assessment and optimisation.

The service is seen as an alternative to hospital-based subacute care, designed to facilitate an earlier discharge from acute care and/or to avoid a subacute hospital stay entirely. Patients within the service receive at least daily visits from a member of the multidisciplinary team and access to 24-hour telephone support.?The model of care aims to provide short term, high quality, safe and effective patient centred care to individuals within the primary Monash Health catchment. The Program is entering an exciting phase of growth which will include, but not limited to, increasing the service clinical capacity and extending the geographical catchment.

**About You**

You are an accomplished Social Worker with exceptional clinical knowledge and assessment skills, and ability to work with a range of stakeholders. ?You have a genuine passion for delivering clinical care in the community setting and have demonstrated clinical leadership in this field. You have proven ability to deliver successful, timely outcomes?across service delivery, and you are an effective communicator who builds rapport rapidly. You can work autonomously, you are also a strong team player and can work efficiently in a team environment. You are passionate about achieving outstanding outcomes for our consumers. On a personal level, you can also demonstrate:

- Expertise in delivering hospital level care in the home
- Commitment to a supporting your manager and the team in a leadership and mentoring role
- Proven time management, superior communication and influencing skills
- critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills

**What you need**:

- Bachelor of Social Work, Masters of Social Work Qualifying or recognised equivalent qualification
- Accredited or eligible for ordinary membership of AASW, or written evidence of eligibility
- Current Drivers licence without restrictions
- “Completion or working towards a post Graduate qualification in relevant field” will be highly regarded

**In Return**

You'll be rewarded with:

- an exciting learning opportunity
- a welcoming, collegial and flexible working environment
- a real opportunity to make a difference
- For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Jacinta Sadler, Allied Health and Psychology Manager on 0438 068 750._

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

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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 for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.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 are accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).