Mental Health Wellbeing Program Acute Social Worker

**Title**:Mental Health Wellbeing Program Acute Social Worker**:

- Requisition ID: 2726
- Location: Box Hill, VIC, AU, 3128 Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC, AU, 3156
- Job Posting Date: 29 Jan 2025

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**Mental Health Social Worker**
- Permanent Full Time | 5 weeks’ leave plus monthly day off | Enjoy stability
- Box Hill location close to cafes and shops | Acute inpatient unit |
- Expand your clinical expertise through a diverse caseload and professional development**
- Are you ready to make a positive impact on the lives of patients and be valued in your career?_
- Join us at Eastern Health_

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff is that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**

The Social Worker provides a range of specialist social work interventions to mental health consumers to assist individuals to achieve the highest level of independent function, leading to successful community integration and improved quality of life outcomes. Through the promotion of recovery and the principles and practice of service coordination the Social Worker ensures that consumers are at the centre of service delivery and receive a timely, coordinated response to their health and social needs.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you will possess:
**Essential**

The successful applicant will:

- Hold a degree qualification in social work that has been approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) for practising membership as a social worker.
- Be eligible for membership of the AASW.
- Maintain compliance with the AASW Continuing Professional Development Policy. Experience, knowledge & skills.
- Relevant theoretical knowledge, experience, and skills in the provision of evidence based social work assessment and treatment in a mental health setting.
- Comprehensive understanding of, and experience in delivering, recovery oriented mental health practice.
- Demonstrated ability to skilfully engage consumers in the development and implementation of individualised plans designed to promote, foster, and sustain personal recovery.
- Demonstrated ability to ensure practice is individualised and adapted in alignment with psychosocial assessment and with each consumer’s goals.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in undertaking single session family consultation (SSFC) or a willingness to undertake SSFC training.
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills with consumers, their families and all health care professionals including effective conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- A commitment to working with consumers from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
- Proven ability and commitment to collaborate with consumers, carers, the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
- Commitment to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning and further development.
- Computer literacy and embracing of health technologies and informatics.
- High level of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
- Emerging clinical leadership within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Strong commitment to quality improvement and proven track record of service enhancement and innovation through quality management activities.
- Experience in supervision of clinical practice.
- Timely and effective communication, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability.
- Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the _Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice)_. Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment._

**What we offer**

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals

**Next Steps**

**Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability