Social Worker

Social Worker - Grade 2

1x Permanent part-time position - 0.8 FTE / 30 hours per week

Cabrini Malvern & Brighton

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.- Ongoing peer support and supervision.

The Role

We are currently seeking an experienced Social Worker (Grade 2) to work between Malvern and Brighton on a part-time basis to provide services to our acute care, rehabilitation and palliative care hospitals as well as some ambulatory services.

This role will also have exposure to working on exciting projects, as well as providing supervision to students/ Grade 1.

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.

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