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**About us**

Join HammondCare and help improve quality of life for older Australians in need. As a not-for-profit, Christian organisation, we provide expert aged care, home care, dementia care and palliative care. Mission-led, we build passionate teams who support older people through life’s most difficult circumstances.

With over 90 years of experience, we’re known for our relationship-based approach. Whether it’s in our homes, hospitals or the community, we bring skill, empathy and innovation to every moment of care.

It’s not just care. It’s HammondCare.

**About the role**

The role of the Social Worker is to work within the Mission and Mission in Action of HammondCare ensuring a high standard of Social Work service is provided to patients of the Hospital, along with appropriate support and advice to their carers.

The Level 1/2 Social Worker is offered on a Permanent Full-time basis and is located at Braeside Hospital, NSW.

**The essence of this role**- Provision of effective and efficient social work service to clients, including appropriate support and advice to their families and carers- Participate as a member of the multi-disciplinary team in assessing patients’ level of functional and care needs, setting care goals and providing appropriate intervention.-
- Provide the provision of the highest standards of quality care.

**About you**- Commitment to align and engage with HammondCare’s Mission, Motivation and Mission in Action- A tertiary qualification in Social Work, providing eligibility and membership to the Australian Association of Social Workers. Qualifications obtained overseas must provide AASW Overseas Assessment number.- Practical knowledge and clinical skills in delivering Social Work services to Rehabilitation, Aged Care Psychiatry and/or Palliative Care setting.- Demonstrated interpersonal, consultation and reasoning skills necessary to ensure high clinical practice standards and contribute to strong team practice, using a variety of media - oral, written and computer.- Demonstrated skills and experience in interacting constructively and collaboratively with the internal multidisciplinary team and external service providers.- Experience in quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing service delivery, including planning, development, implementation, evaluation and professional education and training.- An unencumbered Driver’s License and willingness to travel between HammondCare’s sites and services.

**HammondCare is a NSW Health affiliated organisation, all NSW Health transferrable entitlements will be recognised**
- HammondCare is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We thrive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves._
- All short-listed applicants for these positions will be asked to consent to a criminal record check, immunisation staff screening & vaccination compliance checks._
- Demonstrated experience in an acute care setting as a social work clinician or student placement.
- Demonstrated effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development, evidence based practice and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to learn and utilise a variety of computer programs and work in an increasingly electronic workplace.
- Eligibility to drive in NSW and ability and willingness to travel locally for work purposes as required.