Grade 3 Social Worker

Permanent Part-Time Opportunity
- Based at Caulfield Hospital
- Great Staff Benefits

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- **Permanent - Part time (40 hours per fortnight)**:

- ** Social Work - State-wide Spinal Service Lead**:

- ** Grade 3 Classification**:

- ** Caulfield Hospital, Home, Acute and Community Program**:

- ** Great Staff Benefits**

**The Department**

Social Work at Caulfield Hospital is part of the broader Social Work department at Alfred Health and provides counselling and support to patients and families in the specialty areas of rehabilitation, aged care, home-based care, and aged mental health. Caulfield Hospital provides state-wide rehabilitation services to patients with Spinal injuries, Acquired Brain Injury, Neurological conditions, and Amputees.

**Position Summary**

This exciting, permanent part-time role is based at Caulfield Hospital. The Spinal Service Lead will be responsible for providing Social Work services to the state-wide inpatient spinal unit and will have the opportunity to work across other wards and specialty areas. Engaging and liaising with external organisations and community-based services to address factors that impact treatment, recovery and discharge planning for this specialist patient cohort will be key to this role.

The Spinal Service Lead will oversee the delivery of operational and leadership support to Social work staff in collaboration with the department's Senior Leadership and Management teams. This will include the provision of supervision to Grade 2 Social workers, support and guidance for Grade 1 Social Workers, provision of field education to students and secondary consultation to the spinal Social Workers and the broader multi-disciplinary team. The Spinal Service Lead will also provide clinical leadership by contributing to the ongoing professional development of Social Work staff within the team and demonstrate a commitment to evidence -based practice. They will also be responsible for at least one portfolio.

**Skills/Qualifications Required**
- Applicants must hold a Bachelor's Degree or Qualifying Masters in Social Work
- Ability to lead a team including managing workload allocations and supervision of staff
- Demonstrated experience in supervision of staff and students
- A high-level understanding and knowledge of working with an electronic medical record
- A sound understanding of Aged care and Rehabilitation processes including NDIS, VCAT and TCP processes

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience working with patients within a hospital setting
- Experience in working with patients with spinal injuries

**Staff Benefits**
- A commitment to the provision of regular clinical supervision, opportunities for continued professional development and a supportive team culture
- Generous salary packaging and novated leasing available through Maxxia
- Access to health and wellbeing incentives
- Discounted health insurance
- Discounted Carparking

**Applications close at 11pm on Sunday the 20th of October 2024**

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This **i**s in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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