Social Worker

Job Description

**Posting Start Date**:16/04/2025

**Req ID**:3003

**Job Title**:Social Worker

**Employment Status**:Fixed Term Part Time

**Job Location**:Chelsea Heights, Frankston, Hastings, Mornington, Rosebud, Seaford

**- Fixed Term Part Time Opportunity Available**
- **Generous salary packaging, low-cost car parking and 5 weeks annual leave per year (pro rata)**:

- **Classification Range: Social Worker Grade 2 Year 1 - 4 (SC21 - SC24)* or Community Development Worker Class 2B Year 1 - 7 (XX7 - ON15)**:

- **Salary Range: $1570.00 - $1955.00 (per full time week, prorata for part time)**

***Who We Are and What We Stand For**
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others. In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values**:Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative**. We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**
Join our team as an SRS Clinician, where you'll play a vital role in enhancing the wellbeing of residents in local Supported Residential Services (SRS). You will conduct comprehensive, client-centered assessments to identify care goals, address unmet health and social needs, and manage complex care situations to prevent instability and evictions. Collaborating with the Homelessness and Health Outreach Service (HHOS), you'll help connect residents with long-term housing solutions and provide essential support services to improve health outcomes and foster community connections. If you’re passionate about making a difference in the lives of those in need, we want to hear from you

This position is based at Mornington Community Health centre, but may require work across all Peninsula Health sites.

Key Responsibilities
- Recognise, respond and escalate changes in the patient’s condition
- Develop expertise to support residents and SRS staff manage behaviors of concern and complex co-morbidities
- Develop client centred Care Plans coordinating services and engaging programs that build on residents’ strengths, empower residents, and build resident capacity to self-manage and self-advocate
- Expand residents’ capacity to access mainstream health, welfare and community services, including linking into NDIS and My Aged Care Services

For more information refer to Position Description
**What You Need**
We anticipate you will have:

- Allied Health Professional; social worker or community development worker
- Demonstrated experience in case management, care coordination or public health programs
- An applied understanding of the impact of homelessness for clients with complex health and social needs
- Dynamic clinician with excellent time management skills and highly developed communication and documentation skills
- A strong commitment to Social Model of Health and trauma informed practice principles
- A valid driver's license and willingness to transport clients as necessary

Next Steps

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People Experience Team on (03) 9784 2700.

For any questions about the role please feel welcome to contact Michael Halpin on 0419838738 or Anita Lloyd on 0408036873.
Please Note: Applications close 1 May 2025

**Additional Requirements**
We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
- Please refer to the salary circular for Allied Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement (Vic Public Health) for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.

It is strongly recommended that individuals in this role remain up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.