Grade 2 Social Worker

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Full time / Fixed term position providing parental leave backfill to February 2027

About the Role

This position provides a specialised and patient-centred response for patients and their families where there is a need for residential care placement following a period of acute hospitalisation.

Main Duties

• Complete highly skilled, comprehensive social work interventions with patients and their families, including psychosocial assessments, mediation, negotiation, advocacy, complex discharge planning and risk assessment
• Support patients and families to understand their rights, options and obligations in relation to locating an appropriate residential care facility
• Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and unit social workers to ensure that discharge plans are comprehensive and communicated to all parties to achieve timely discharges
• Maintain accurate data collection to underpin the impact and effectiveness of the position

Classifications for this position will range from SC21 - SC24 ($90, ,724 per annum).

Your Contribution

• Bachelor Degree or Qualifying Masters in Social Work
• Social Work experience in a hospital setting is essential
• Solid leadership and supervision skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with complex, high-risk situations
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain

What we offer

• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• CBD Location, close to Public Transport
• Career development & advancement encouraged
• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Social Work Department

The Social Work Department at SVHM is recognised as a leader in developing and delivering best clinical practice to highly vulnerable groups such as people experiencing homelessness, family violence and addiction. In addition to this, SVHM has a widely respected Aboriginal Health Unit and over 10 years of experience in designing a comprehensive clinical model of responding to Elder Abuse. As a social worker at SVHM, your social work values will fit well within an organisation whose mission and strategy clearly sets out its commitment to advocating for vulnerable groups and providing excellent and compassionate health care.

With a strong focus on innovative service delivery and continuous practice improvement, you will also benefit from the knowledge and support of a Grade 4 social worker who is dedicated to research and quality improvement.

Working at St Vincent's

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Please click here for a copy of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

Contact

Penny Lording

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).