Social Worker Grade 2

Social Worker - Grade 2 (Casual)

Part-Time Casual

Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits

Cabrini Benefits:
- Flexible work arrangements.- Opportunity to develop skills across multiple areas.- $2 per day car parking is guaranteed at all hospital sites.- Up to $15,900 salary packaging.- Up to $2,650 Meal and Entertainment Benefits.- Excellent workplace culture

About Allied Health

Allied Health, which represents twelve professions, is a rapidly growing and integrated service within Cabrini. Allied Health at Cabrini offers senior consultant and leadership roles; work in clinical streams; a junior staff rotation and support program; professional development and teaching opportunities; and developing strong external and university partnerships. There has been a significant expansion of collaborative, multi-disciplinary research under the leadership of the Associate Professor of Allied Health to support Allied Health-led research.

The Role

Cabrini Health has a full-time Grade 2 Social Work position that will provide flexible cover across Cabrini sites, Brighton, Malvern and Elsternwick.

You will be supported by a strong social work team, which is committed to providing high-quality, patient centred and evidence-based services within a supportive environment.

The Social work team provides services to our acute care, rehabilitation and palliative care hospitals as well as some ambulatory services.

You will be required to work across sites, manage a caseload effectively, supervise students and undertake quality projects.

Key responsibilities include:
- You are able to establish positive and collaborative working relationships with hospital staff, patients and families, utilizing your excellent communication skills.- Demonstrate your confidence and skill in conflict resolution and negotiation, whilst achieving positive outcomes for patients and families.- Manage your complex caseload effectively and facilitate timely discharges of patients from hospital.- Consult and collaborate with others and work as an effective member of the team to deliver organisational outcomes.- Demonstrate your ability to undertake professional supervision and/or mentor junior staff, and supervise students.- Demonstrate your flexibility, innovation, creativity and optimism.- Demonstrate your ability to develop evidence-based and innovative practices and projects.

About you- Bringing sound knowledge of social work theories and practices in accordance with AASW Guidelines and Code of Ethics.- Clinical practice experience in the healthcare setting (minimum of 3 years).- Eligible for membership of the AASW.

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Enquiries to: Head of Occupational Therapy and Manager of Social Work Ruth Skene on 0400 566 37

Social Work Clinical Team Leader Sue Todorov on 0418 694 161.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s south east. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, we have been providing quality, compassionate care to our community for 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini. Wherever we work, we are compassionate, connected people transforming lives together. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Cabrini is an equitable and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a safe environment for children and vulnerable people.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for Influenza and COVID-19 (including boosters), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.