Social Worker Grade 2

Job Requisition ID: 2797- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Dandenong, VIC, AU, 3175- Employment Type: Part Time- Posting Date: 7 Nov 2024**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

We are currently advertising for a permanent 0.6 EFT grade 2 role at Dandenong Hospital in the social work department. This role will be a leave cover role and will be apart of a supportive and high performing team.

We are a busy and dynamic team assisting patients and families by providing a professional service for patients referred across the acute and women’s and children’s setting.
- Our Social Work service includes Acute, general medicine, surgical and specialty areas such as Intensive Care, Emergency Department and Women’s and Children’s services.
- The successful applicants will have the opportunity to be a part of a busy, energetic and friendly Allied Health team.
- This position is based at Dandenong Hospital.

**A Day in the Life**:
As a Monash Health employee, you will have the ability to maintain a high level of communication with patients, visitors and colleagues enabling you to deliver exceptional care. As a member of the team you are integral to the Monash Health Social Work service delivery and consistently demonstrate our core values. You will be part of a flexible workforce with personalised support.

You will be a member of a dynamic team with the opportunity to work in a setting assisting adult patient cohorts from general medicine, general surgery, Emergency department, Women’s and Children’s and other specialty areas as required. The focus is on psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, complex discharge planning and family support.

**What you Bring**:

- You are a qualified and experienced Social Worker with a minimum of 4 years post graduate experience providing a strong focus on patient centred care.
- Through your hard working and enthusiastic nature you have the ability to adapt to changing settings and shifts during the business week and weekends or public holidays.
- You are a dynamic Allied Health professional who is passionate about making a positive contribution to the health of your patients,
- You are highly motivated to perform at your best every day, demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Your dedication to safe best practice and quality care
- An unwavering commitment to delivering patient centred care
- Possess a positive attitude to your work, compassion and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a team
- Motivation to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence
- Experience in a hospital or other health setting is essential.

**What you Need**:
To be considered for this important role you will ideally possess the following:

- An AASW accredited Bachelor degree or entry level Master’s Degree of Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
- Minimum of four years’ experience in a healthcare setting
- Good organisational skills and a positive, enthusiastic attitude towards work
- Experience in working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- Able to work autonomously
- A friendly, outgoing and reliable demeanour
- Well-developed clinical assessment and complex discharge planning skills
- A current Victorian drivers licence

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further please call Brooke Webb on 0417 319 163.

Position Description documents can be found here and here.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. 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 will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

Applications close: 28 November 2024