Social Worker

Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 27 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,500 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

St John of God Social Outreach provides a range of no or low-​cost mental health, homelessness and capacity building services to over 5500 people in the community across Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales and the Asia Pacific, particularly in areas where we have identified gaps in service provision. ​

Your role at St John of God Social Outreach

We are looking to recruit two Social Workers (Grade 2) to support our Medicare Mental Health services at Midland and Gosnells, WA.

You will be expected to work independently and demonstrate a specialist level knowledge and depth of experience, participate in teaching, training and research, to supervisor students and mentor junior caregivers.

Our team provides a safe and welcoming spaces for locals to walk in and access free mental health support and services - no referral, Medicare card or appointment needed. Staffed by qualified mental health professionals and people with lived experience, the centres provide immediate support to adults in distress, including their families, friends and carers. We can also connect people with other support services, such as employment assistance, to support them in the future.

The Position

• Provide evidence based senior Social Work services to consumers/carers within the clinical specialty area/s.
• Provide Social Work assessment, intervention and evaluation at an advanced practice level for complex and general caseload/s.
• Ensures prioritisation and delegation of duties for own caseload and supervised caregivers.
• Contributes to the evaluation of the Social Work Service and Clinical Specialty, to ensure continuous improvement.
• Ensures effective multidisciplinary teamwork through professional communication and comprehensive liaison with colleagues, consumers/carers and service providers.
• Ensures maintenance of appropriate clinical documentation and clinical information systems.
• Demonstrates reflective practice and commitment to professional development.
• Supports Social Work service through communicating issues and ideas for enhancing the service (through to the coordinator of Social Work).

You will have senior clinical experience and leadership in a specialised area of practice within a healthcare setting, ability to undertake professional supervision and/or mentor junior staff and develop evidence based, innovative clinical practices and initiation of quality improvement activities.

Successful applicants will have tertiary qualifications in Social Work and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Work and eligible for Mental Health credentialing.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer:

• Salary: $126,487 to $134,871 plus 12% superannuation
• Fixed-term 3-month contract | Midland
• Permanent full-time | Gosnells

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

• Novated leasing

• work related expenses
• self-education and

• additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

St John of God Social Outreach is committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in its care and proactively takes measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

For enquiries, please contact Natalie Wo, Acting Manager (North) on or Liam Dekker, Medicare Mental Health services Manager on

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date