Social Worker

Location: Melbourne

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing

Reference: 63505

**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful**

**About the Service/Role**

The program has Five PARCS (Preventions and Recovery Care Services) which includes a specialist Women’s only PARCs, an Extended Care PARCs (EPARC) and Youth PARCS. The clinical service is supported by an aligned operational structure to enable the provision of high quality service through the creation of clinical-operational partnerships to support staff, consumers, carers and their families, and a strong professional structure that supports the governance of the health professional workforce.

**_ We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Grade 2 Social Worker for our Prevention and Recovery Care Centre Service, based at Clayton PARCS. This is a permanent ongoing full time position._**

This unique social work role will be located at Clayton PARCS and provide in reach into P Block - Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, along with the other community teams within the Clayton Mental Health Program. The role will sit between the Clayton bed-based social work team. And endeavour to achieve seamless transition for consumers and involve their families and carers when they move between the community, PARCS and/ or the inpatient unit, thus providing a discipline specific focus across to consumers moving from Clayton Inpatient Unit and the community teams into PARCS.

Clayton PARCS is a 10 bed short term residential facility where consumers can stay (2-4 weeks). The model is focused on assisting consumers to meet their identified recovery goals, whilst offering the consumer and carer’s respite. Referrals are received from inpatient units, community teams as well as external stakeholders (consumer/family/GP/Private mental health practitioners).

**About You & What you Need**

We are seeking an applicant who has mental health experience and is an ambitious and driven leader with an understanding of recovery orientated principles. You will have the capacity to work independently and within a team and always have a friendly and professional attitude. You will have excellent engagement, relationship and therapeutic skills and a resilience and strong work ethics which is needed in this role. Outside of this you will also need:

- Qualifications and relevant registrations for Social Work/AASW
- Post Graduate Qualification in Mental Health is preferred
- You must have relevant professional registration
- A valid Victorian Drivers Licence is essential
- For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Bradley Morton (Nurse Manager) on 0417 016 771._

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

**Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).