Social Worker Grade 1

Location: Melbourne | Parkville

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: The Royal Children's Hospital

**Salary**: $67,849 - $82,539

Occupation: Medical and Nursing

Reference: 12545

**The Role**:
This is a Permanent Full Time position at 80 hours per fortnight within the Social Work department and the Complex Care Hub. As a core member of the multidisciplinary team you will be responsible for providing psychosocial assessments and interventions for families and children requiring care at the Royal Children’s Hospital. This includes providing services to families experiencing a new diagnosis, chronic illness, trauma, family violence, bereavement, social issues impacting on the child’s wellbeing and family functioning, parenting difficulties, psychological health issues, child behavioural issues and a broad range of social support issues.

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Provide high quality, evidenced based clinical care to children and families presenting with a broad range of psychosocial needs
- Engage in quality improvement & evaluation projects to enhance existing Social Work & Allied Health services and materials provided to patients and families
- Improve multidiciplinary pathways for dishrage and transition to appropriate services
- Create partnerships with children, adolescents and families

Classification for this position will range from Grade 1 Year 1 to Year 6 (SC11 - SC16) (base salary $67,849.60 - $82,539.60 per annum, plus superannuation)

**Your skills and experience**:

- Eligibility for membership of AASW
- Meet AASW CPE accreditation standards
- Clinical experience in paediatrics, child and family sector or closely related field of practice
- Full Victorian Drivers Licence

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Social Work Department and Complex Care Hub**

RCH Social Work is a growing team of 46.6 EFT and over 65 employees and is the largest Allied Health team at RCH. Social workers work in collaboration with Medical, Nursing and Allied Health staff across the hospital as well as provide community liaison to ensure delivery of great psychosocial care for patients and families. The Royal Children’s Complex Care Hub is an interdisciplinary service established to lead and coordinate the health care experiences for complex patients and their families. Patients with complex needs frequently require multiple teams, advanced technology and medical equipment to support their care needs, both within the hospital and at home.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Employee Assistance Program
- Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain (if applicable)
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information. It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption.

**Are you ready to join our team?**

Applications close **30 November 2024